Shakespeare on the edge : border-crossing in the tragedies and the Henriad / Lisa Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopkins, Lisa, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical drama, English--History and criticism.

Historical drama, English.

Boundaries in literature.

Islands in literature.

Tragedy.

Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)--In literature.

Scottish Borders (England and Scotland).

Welsh Borders (England and Wales)--In literature.

Welsh Borders (England and Wales).

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays--Selections.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV.

Henry IV, King of England, 1367-1413--In literature.

Henry.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Henry V.

Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422--In literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

England's land borders with Scotland and Wales, together with the narrow channels separating the British mainland from Ireland and the Continent, were the focus of acute, if intermittent, unease during the early modern period. This book analyses works by not only Shakespeare but also his contemporaries to argue that many of the plays of Shakespeare's central period, from the second tetralogy to Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and Othello, engage with the idea of England's borders.

Contents:

The marches: Henry IV and Henry V

The coast: Hamlet

The border: Macbeth

Islands: Othello

The edge: King Lear.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-149) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-09750-0

9786611097509

0-7546-8177-7

OCLC:

476278119