Medieval Shakespeare

Pasts and Presents

By: Ruth Morse (Editor), Helen Cooper (Editor), Peter Holland (Editor)

Write A Review

Paperback | 1 October 2015

At a Glance

Paperback
278 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.47

Paperback

RRP $63.95

$61.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $15.44 with

or

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

For many, Shakespeare represents the advent of modernity. It is easy to forget that he was in fact a writer deeply embedded in the Middle Ages, who inherited many of his shaping ideas and assumptions from the medieval past. This collection brings together essays by internationally renowned scholars of medieval and early modern literature, the history of the book and theatre history to present new perspectives on Shakespeare and his medieval heritage. Separated into four parts, the collection explores Shakespeare and his work in the context of the Middle Ages, medieval books and language, the British past, and medieval conceptions of drama and theatricality, together showing Shakespeare's work as rooted in late medieval history and culture. Insisting upon Shakespeare's complexity and medieval multiplicity, Medieval Shakespeare gives readers the opportunity to appreciate both Shakespeare and his period within the traditions that fostered and surrounded him.

Industry Reviews

'A fascinating dialogue between two literary periods.' The Times Literary Supplement
'The contributors to the volume do not understand the term 'medieval Shakespeare' in either narrow or prescriptive ways. Rather it is taken as a point of departure in thinking about Shakespeare's language, his representation of history, his theatre practice, and his subsequent reception. The essays offer the reader a sense of the range, scope, and dynamism of current research, highlighting the ways in which 'medieval Shakespeare' can encompass and contain approaches as diverse as book history, performance history, the history of ideas, historiography, and historical linguistics.' David Salter, Cahiers Elisabethains

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $89.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

More in History & Criticism of Literature

My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein

A Fiction

Hardcover

RRP $42.99

$34.99

19%
OFF

There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

Monsters in the Archives

My Year of Fear with Stephen King

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF

Macbeth Cambridge School Shakespeare : Cambridge School Shakespeare - Linzy Brady

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF

The Iliad

Paperback

RRP $32.95

$26.99

18%
OFF

Othello : Cambridge School Shakespeare - Jane Coles

RRP $17.99

$13.75

24%
OFF

Medieval Shakespeare

Pasts and Presents

At a Glance

Paperback

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in History & Criticism of Literature

My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein

A Fiction

There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

Monsters in the Archives

My Year of Fear with Stephen King

Macbeth Cambridge School Shakespeare

Cambridge School Shakespeare

The Voynich Manuscript

Pride and Prejudice

Oxford World's Classics

Darling Buds

A treasury of flowering plants from Shakespeare's poems and plays

On the Road

Penguin Modern Classics

Revolusi

Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World

The Apothecary Diaries 07 (Light Novel)

Apothecary Diaries

The Atlas of Tolkien's Middle-earth

The indispensable guide to the geography of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion

Wifedom

Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

Four Thousand Weeks

Embrace your limits. Change your life. Make your four thousand weeks count.

The Woman In White

Collins Classics

The Apothecary Diaries 05 (Light Novel)

Apothecary Diaries

The Iliad

Othello

Cambridge School Shakespeare

Minority Rule

Adventures in the Culture War - the instant Sunday Times bestseller

The Nicomachean Ethics

Penguin Classics

The Iliad

Penguin Classics

The Wretched of the Earth

Penguin Modern Classics

Discourses and Selected Writings

Penguin Classics

The Communist Manifesto

Penguin Classics

Wuthering Heights

Penguin Classics

This product is categorised by