Description: BRAND NEW FIRST EDITION softcover, clean NEWtext, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library, smoke-free; slight gentle shelfwear / storage wear; WE SHIP FAST.Carefully packed and quickly sent. Heather James argues that Shakespeare's use of Virgil, Ovid and other classical sources demonstrates the appropriation of classical authority in the interests of developing a national myth. She goes on to distinguish Shakespeare's deployment of the myth--notably in Troilus and Cressida, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, and The Tempest--from "official" Tudor and Stuart ideology, and to show how Shakespeare participates in the larger cultural project of finding historical legitimacy for Britain as a realm asserting its status as an empire. "A major contribution to understanding Shakespeare's poetic traditions, this volume consistently illuminates the presence of Vergil and Ovid in Shakespeare's language." N. Lukacher, Choice "James's readings of the plays are strong and convincing, and her reevaluation of the iconography of the theater remains a valuable critical enterprise." Rachana Sachdev, Review "...much of what James says in this often provocative book is compelling....James's book is well worth reading..." Comparative Literature 3 01 128
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Book Title: Shakespeare's Troy : Drama, Politics, and the Translation of Empi
Genre: Drama
Topic: Dramas
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Shakespeare's Troy : Drama, Politics, and the Translation of Empire
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Subject: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Shakespeare, Subjects & Themes / Historical events, Subjects & Themes / Politics, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2007
Item Weight: 15.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Drama
Author: Heather James
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
