Title Shakespeare's Troy : drama, politics, and the translation of empire / Heather James

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 271 pages) : illustrations Series Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 22 Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 22. Contents Introduction: Shakespeare's fatal Cleopatra -- Shakespeare and the Troy Legend -- Blazoning injustices: mutilating Titus Andronicus, Vergil, and Rome -- "Tricks we play on the dead": making history in Troilus and Cressida -- To earn a place in the story: resisting the Aeneid in Antony and Cleopatra -- Cymbeline's mingle-mangle: Britain's Roman histories -- "How came that window in?": allusion, politics, and the theater in The Tempest Summary Heather James examines the ways in which Shakespeare handles the inheritance and transmission of the Troy legend. She 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, and goes on to distinguish Shakespeare's deployment of the myth from 'official' Tudor and Stuart ideology. James traces Shakespeare's reworking of the myth in Troilus and Cressida, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline and The Tempest, and shows how the legend of Troy in Queen Elizabeth's day differed from that in the time of King James. The larger issue the book confronts is the directly political one of the way in which Shakespeare's textual appropriations participate in the larger cultural project of finding historical legitimation for a realm that was asserting its status as an empire Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-262) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Troilus and Cressida. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Views on imperialism Virgil -- Influence Virgil. Aeneis. SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast Virgil fast Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Troilus and Cressida. ram Shakespeare, William, (1564-1616) -- Pensée politique et sociale. ram Shakespeare, William. swd Shakespeare, William. Troilus and Cressida. swd Aeneis (Virgil) fast Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William) fast Subject Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Political plays, English -- History and criticism Troilus (Legendary character) in literature. Trojan War -- Literature and the war English drama -- Roman influences Imperialism in literature. Myth in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare. DRAMA -- Shakespeare. English drama -- Roman influences Imperialism Imperialism in literature Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Literature Myth in literature Political plays, English Politics and literature Troilus (Legendary character) in literature Trojanischer Krieg Trojanischer Sagenkreis Drama Trojaanse oorlog. Guerre de Troie -- Dans la littérature. SUBJECT Troy (Extinct city) -- In literature Subject Great Britain Turkey -- Troy (Extinct city) Praha-Troja Troie (ville ancienne) -- Dans la littérature. Troja (Motiv) Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 96051770 ISBN 0585033803 9780585033808 9780521592239 0521592232 9780511000782 0511000782 0511824165 9780511824166 0511581963 9780511581960

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