Shakespeare's Troy: Drama, Politics, and the Translation of Empire by Heather James

Shakespeare's Troy: Drama, Politics, and the Translation of Empire

Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture

Heather James

288 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Heather James argues that Shakespeare's use of Virgil, Ovid and other classical sources demonstrates the appropriation of classical authority in the interests of developing a national myth. She goes on to distinguish Shakespeare's deployment of th...

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