Celebrating Shakespeare: Commemoration and Cultural Memory

Book Overview

On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, this collection opens up the social practices of commemoration to new research and analysis. An international team of leading scholars explores a broad spectrum of celebrations, showing how key events - such as the Easter Rising in Ireland, the Second Vatican Council of 1964 and the Great Exhibition of 1851 - drew on Shakespeare to express political agendas. In the USA, commemoration in 1864 counted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107643139
• ISBN13: 9781107643130
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 403 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"