Shifting the Scene: Shakespeare in European Culture (Shakespeare and His Contemporaries: The International Shakespeare Series) ISBN-13: 9781611492484

ISBN-13: 9781611492484

Binding: Hardcover

Author: Lambert, Ladina Bezzola

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Shifting the Scene adapts words from one of the Choruses in
Henry V. Its essays try, without denying authority to the text and the theater, to widen the scene of inquiry to include other institutions, such as education, politics, language, and the arts, and to juxtapose the constructions of Shakespeare and his works that have been produced by them. However, as in
Henry V, there is also a geographical dimension. The collection goes beyond England and the English-speaking world and focuses on Europe (including Britain). Shakespeares importance for European culture is documented by the role he has played, since the late eighteenth century, in national literatures and their use. Shakespeare highlights differences as well as a shared heritage, and there is no other author whose works offer as rich material for comparative study.

About the Author

Ladina Bezzola Lambert is a researcher and lecturer in the English Department of the University of Basel, Switzerland.

Balz Engler is Professor of English at the University of Basel.

Release Date: 01-07-2004

Package Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English

Number Of Pages: 308