Shakespeares America [Paperback]

Michael Bristol (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415015391 | ISBN-13: 978-0415015394 | Publication Date: January 4, 1990 | Edition: 1

Michael Bristol explores the interaction between Shakespeare and American culture, and argues that the plays constitute a priamry theme of much American culture criticism. This book should be of interest to students and lecturers in English literature and cultural studies.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This is a learned book about the relationship between Shakespeare and American political culture. Bristol analyzes how Shakespeare came to occupy a place of such massive authority in American culture--the plays have been understood to validate a political economy based on individulistic social ideas--and how the institutional ethos, embodied in the work of textual scholars, editors, curators, and libraries, perpetuates it. The second part of the book analyzes the relationship between 20th-century Shakespearean criticism and ideology, which reveals a diaog between neo-conservatism and advanced liberalism. Aimed primarily at scholars; the overabundance of technical jargon will discourage the general reader.
- Bryan Aubrey, Fairfield, Ia.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (January 4, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415015391
• ISBN-13: 978-0415015394
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,495,098 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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