Hamlet's Heirs
Shakespeare and The Politics of a New Millennium
(Sprache: Englisch)
Challenging assumptions about historical periodicity, modernity and the uses of Shakespeare in present day contexts, this study of his legacy in current American and British politics includes a discussion of Bush, Blair, 9-11 and the London bombings.
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Challenging assumptions about historical periodicity, modernity and the uses of Shakespeare in present day contexts, this study of his legacy in current American and British politics includes a discussion of Bush, Blair, 9-11 and the London bombings.
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Speaking to readers in a voice that is adventurous rather than authoritative, innovative rather than institutional and speculative rather than orthodox, Linda Charnes' provocative study of Shakespeare's legacy in contemporary American and British politics explores the following themes:
namesake princes and presidents
stolen thrones and elections
plutocrats and insurgents
campaign trails and war-mongering
waning monarchy and imperilled democracy
revengers, early modern and postmodern.
Linked by focused readings of Hamlet and the Henriad, the essays follow Shakespeare's two most famous royal sons, the Princes Hamlet and Hal, as they haunt contemporary political psychology in the early years of a new millennium, and especially in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Between devolution in Britain and the new 'doctrine' of pre-emptive strike in the United States, our contemporary Hamlets and Hals epitomize a debate - as fraught now as in Shakespeare' day - about the cost of spin-doctoring legacies. In exploring how current political culture inherits Shakespeare, Hamlet's Heirs challenges scholarly assumptions about historical periodicity, modernity and the uses of Shakespeare in present day contexts.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Hamlet's Heirs “
1 Introduction: Passing which Torch? 2 The Fetish of 'the Modern' 3 Dismember Me: Shakespeare, Paranoia, and the Noir World Order 4 We Were Never Early Modern 5 The Hamlet Formerly Known as Prince 6 It's the Monarchy, Stupid 7 Operation Enduring Hamlet 8 Conclusion
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Linda Charnes
- 2006, 168 Seiten, Maße: 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Routledge
- ISBN-10: 0415261945
- ISBN-13: 9780415261944
Sprache:
Englisch
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