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Shakespeare and the Middle Ages: Essays on the Performance and Adaptation of the
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Shakespeare and the Middle Ages: Essays on the Performance and Adaptation of the Plays with Medieval Sources or Settings Paperback - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Martha W. Driver (Editor); Sid Ray (Editor)


From the publisher

Every generation reinvents Shakespeare for its own needs, imagining through its particular choices and emphases the Shakespeare that it values. The man himself was deeply involved in his own kind of historical reimagining. This collection of essays examines the playwright's medieval sources and inspiration, and how they shaped his works. With a foreword by Michael Almereyda (director of the Hamlet starring Ethan Hawke) and dramaturge Dakin Matthews, these thirteen essays analyze the ways in which our modern understanding of medieval life has been influenced by our appreciation of Shakespeare's plays.

Details

  • Title Shakespeare and the Middle Ages: Essays on the Performance and Adaptation of the Plays with Medieval Sources or Settings
  • Author Martha W. Driver (Editor); Sid Ray (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 284
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland & Company
  • Date 2009-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780786434053 / 0786434058
  • Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.02 x 7.02 x 0.75 in (25.45 x 17.83 x 1.91 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
  • Library of Congress subjects Shakespeare, William, Civilization, Medieval, in literature
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009010123
  • Dewey Decimal Code 822.33

About the author

Martha W. Driver is distinguished professor of English and women's and gender studies at Pace University. Sid Ray is a professor of English and women's and gender studies at Pace University.