Shakespeare's Sceptered Isle: Finding English National Identity in the Plays

by Brian Carroll

This work searches Shakespeare's history and Roman plays to find the raw materials of English national consciousness and identity. The messages of Shakespeare's history plays are not principally the plots or ""facts"" of the dramas but the attitudes and imaginings they elicited in audiences. Reading Shakespeare through the lens of national identity is a study almost as old as the plays themselves, and many scholars have found various articulations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476685827
• ISBN13: 9781476685823
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"