Kim C. Sturgess

Shakespeare and the American Nation

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Produktbeschreibung

The story of how and why Shakespeare became a hero of American popular culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 557g
• ISBN-13: 9780521835855
• ISBN-10: 0521835852
• Artikelnr.: 21084316

Autorenporträt

Kim C. Sturgess has studied in America and is now Assistant Professor of English and American Literature at Qatar University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Prologue
Introduction
Part I. The Paradox: 1. Manifest consumption of Shakespeare
2. America: a proudly anti-English 'idea'
Part II. The Appropriation: 3. Beginning the appropriation of Shakespeare and the 'First American Edition' of his works
4. Jacksonian energy - Shakespearean imagery
5. Context for appropriation in nineteenth-century America
6. The American heroic and ownership of Shakespeare
7. Shakespeare as a fulcrum for American literature
8. The American Scholar and the authorship controversy
9. Last scenes in the final act of appropriation
Epilogue
Appendix I
Appendix II
Bibliography
Index.