Shakespeare's Troy: Drama, Politics, and the Translation of Empire (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521592239)

Heather James argues that Shakespeare's use of Virgil, Ovid and other classical sources demonstrates the appropriation of classical authority in the interests of developing a national myth. She goes on to distinguish Shakespeare's deployment of the myth--notably in Troilus and Cressida, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, and The Tempest--from "official" Tudor and Stuart ideology, and to show how Shakespeare participates in the larger cultural project of finding historical legitimacy for Britain as a realm asserting its status as an empire.

Author: Heather James
ISBN-10: 0521592232
ISBN-13: 9780521592239
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/13/1997
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.31w x 0.79d