Cultural Shakespeare: Essays in the Shakespeare MythThis volume brings together a collection of Graham Holderness's writings on such topics as Shakespeare and national culture; the Shakespeare industry; and the Shakespeare Myth. Published in books and journals between 1985 and 1997, these celebrated essays constitute a resource for the study of Shakespeare as a cultural phenomenon or ideological apparatus, as distinct from Shakespeare the poet and playwright. |
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Contents
Production 1988 | 3 |
Reproduction 1991 | 23 |
Performance 1985 | 37 |
National Culture 1991 | 56 |
Heritage 1992 | 82 |
Shakespeares England 1997 | 104 |
Bardolatry 1988 | 125 |
Shakespearean Features 1991 | 141 |
Everybodys Shakespeare 1994 | 160 |
Notes | 184 |
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| Title | Cultural Shakespeare: Essays in the Shakespeare Myth |
| Author | Graham Holderness |
| Contributor | Shridath Ramphal |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Univ of Hertfordshire Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 1902806115, 9781902806112 |
| Length | 206 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / Shakespeare |
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