Johanson, Kristine
'Shakespeare adaptations from the early eighteenth century. Five Plays' presents the first scholarly edition of five of the first adaptations of Shakespeare from the eighteenth century, the period when Shakespeare became ‘Shakespeare’.
'Shakespeare adaptations from the early eighteenth century. Five Plays' presents the first scholarly edition of five of the first adaptations of Shakespeare from the eighteenth century, the period when Shakespeare became ‘Shakespeare’. These adaptations of Henry V, Richard II, Coriolanus, 2 Henry VI and 3 Henry VI, demonstrate how contemporary literary principles and contemporary politics were applied to Shakespeare’s texts. Shakespeare Adaptations provides an important critical apparatus to five plays which are often noted derisively in the annals of Shakespearean theatrical history. However, this edition discloses how these plays documented their own time and helped shape Shakespeare into the most recognizable literary icon in the Western canon.
Shakespeare adaptations from the early eighteenth century. Five Plays
- Kristine Johanson
- Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013
- ISBN 978 16 11 47647 7