| Description |
264 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-257) and index. |
| Contents |
I. Introduction: Reading Shakespeare Historically -- II. Demanding History. 1. Shakespeare after Theory. 2. Are We Being Interdisciplinary Yet? -- III. The Text in History. 3. The Mechanics of Culture: Editing Shakespeare Today. 4. Shakespeare in Print. 5. "Killed with Hard Opinions": Oldcastle and Falstaff and the Reformed Text of 1 Henry IV -- IV. The Text as History. 6. "Proud Majesty Made a Subject": Representing Authority on the Early Modern Stage. 7. "The King hath many marching in his Coats," or, What did you do in the War, Daddy? 8. Is There a Class in This (Shakespearean) Text? 9. Macbeth and the "Name of King" 10. "The Duke of Milan / And his Brave Son": Old Histories and New in The Tempest |
| Summary |
Kastan seeks to examine Shakespeare's plays as they appeared and circulated both as dramatic works and as historical texts of the period. Thus Shakespeare's artistry becomes evidence of his engagement with his world and thereafter of the world's engagement with his work. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- History.
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Historiography.
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Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625 -- Historiography.
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Literature and history -- England -- History -- 16th century.
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Literature and history -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism, Textual.
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Historicism.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| ISBN |
041590112X (acid-free paper) |
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0415901138 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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