Medieval Shakespeare [electronic resource] : pasts and presents / edited by Ruth Morse, Helen Cooper and Peter Holland.

9781107016279
9781107306462 (electronic book)

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

English

xiv, 263 p. : ill.

PR3069.M47 M43 2013

822.3/3

"For many, Shakespeare represents the advent of modernity. It is easy to forget that he was in fact a writer deeply embedded in the Middle Ages, who inherited many of his shaping ideas and assumptions from the medieval past. This collection brings together essays by internationally renowned scholars of medieval and early modern literature, the history of the book and theatre history to present new perspectives on Shakespeare and his medieval heritage. Separated into four parts, the collection explores Shakespeare and his work in the context of the Middle Ages, medieval books and language, the British past, and medieval conceptions of drama and theatricality, together showing Shakespeare's work as rooted in late medieval history and culture. Insisting upon Shakespeare's complexity and medieval multiplicity, Medieval Shakespeare gives readers the opportunity to appreciate both Shakespeare and his period within the traditions that fostered and surrounded him"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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