Oliver Hennessey

Yeats, Shakespeare, and Irish Cultural Nationalism

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines Yeats's writing about Shakespeare in the contexts of his work on behalf of the Irish Literary Revival and contemporary trends in Shakespeare reception. These prose pieces reveal Yeats thinking about Shakespeare's art and times throughout his career, and taken together they offer a new perspective on the contours of Yeats's cultural politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781611477412
• ISBN-10: 1611477417
• Artikelnr.: 44842512

Autorenporträt

Oliver Hennessey teaches courses in Shakespeare and early modern literature at Xavier University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: William Shakespeare in Yeats's Irish
Revival Chapter 1: De-Anglicization: Yeats, Victorian Shakespeare, and
Cultural Authority Chapter 2: The Birth of a Nation: Shakespeare in the
Irish Dramatic Movement Chapter 3: Disappointment, Degeneration, and
Despair: Yeats's Late Shakespeare Chapter 4: Yeats's Modern(ish)
Shakespeare: Irish Revivalism and Literary Modernism Bibliography Index
About the Author