The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and War (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108464963)

Written by a team of leading international scholars, The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and War illuminates the ways Shakespeare's works provide a rich and imaginative resource for thinking about the topic of war. Contributors explore the multiplicity of conflicting perspectives his dramas offer: war depicted from chivalric, masculine, nationalistic, and imperial perspectives; war depicted as a source of great excitement and as a theater of honor; war depicted from realistic or skeptical perspectives that expose the butchery, suffering, illness, famine, degradation, and havoc it causes. The essays in this volume examine the representations and rhetoric of war throughout Shakespeare's plays, as well as the modern history of the war plays on stage, in film, and in propaganda. This book offers fresh perspectives on Shakespeare's multifaceted representations of the complexities of early modern warfare, while at the same time illuminating why his perspectives on war and its consequences continue to matter now and in the future.

Author: David Loewenstein
ISBN-10: 1108464963
ISBN-13: 9781108464963
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/14/2021
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 8.00w x 0.50d