Shakespeare in Europe : history and memory / edited by Marta Gibinska, Agnieszka Romanowska.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gibińska, Marta.

Romanowska, Agnieszka.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--History and criticism.

English literature.

History in literature.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Shakespeare, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Wyd. 1.

Place of Publication:

Krakow : Jagiellonian University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The essays collected in the present volume are the result of a long term project. An international group of scholars addressed questions connected with the relation of the changing concepts of history and the status of history in Shakespearean plays in reading and in actual representation on the stage. Especially interesting aspects of the research deal with the transposition of the time and place of Shakespeare's plays to the time and place of their reception within the context of historical awareness; equally fascinating are the studies which up the perspectives of the medieval and Renaissance contexts. Memory and how in operates (or how we operate it) turns out to be an indispensable complement to the research on the literary and dramatic representation of history. The variety of problems and aspects tackled here opens up interesting insights into the diversity of experience of and reflection on history and representation of history in Shakespeare's plays.

Contents:

PREFACE; TOWARDS A EUROPEAN HISTORY OF HENRY V; European Shakespeare: Fifteen Years On; United States of America/United States of Europe; US Henries; Renaissance Man; Europe: "Appeal by the cultural world"; Ignace Cornelissen: Desert Storm and Henry V for children; Jacques Darras and Azincourt poetry; Azincourt: Site of memory and site of trauma; Centre Historique Médiéval; The tour; The field; Turbines; Trauma; Conclusion; THE BAD QUARTO HAMLET AND THE POLISH CONNECTION; CROSS-HISTORIES, STRAYING NARRATIVES: ANGLO-PORTUGUESE IMBRICATIONS AND SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORY PLAYS

THE ART OF WAR IN SHAKESPEARE AND IN EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE TREATISES1. Ideas and ideologies; 2. On Shakespeare and war; 3. On peace and war; 4. The just war tradition; 5. The just war in Shakespeare: jus ad bellum and jus in bello; THE "HISTORIES" OF HENRY VI; SHAKESPEARE'S IMPERFECT MEMORY OF HISTORY; "RETAIL'D TO ALL POSTERITY:"THE CASE OF RICHARD III; HALTING MODERNITY: RICHARD III'SPREPOSTEROUS BODY AND HISTORY

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 May 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

83-233-8250-6

OCLC:

781615016