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Shakespeare and Ireland

History, Politics, Culture

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Mark Thornton Burnett

    1. Queen’s University of Belfast, UK

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  2. Ramona Wray

    1. English at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Mark Thornton Burnett
      Pages 1-5

  3. Shakespeare and Early Modern Ireland

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Neighbourhood in Henry V

      • Lisa Hopkins
      Pages 9-26

    3. Shakespeare, Holinshed and Ireland: Resources and Con-texts

      • Willy Maley
      Pages 27-46

    4. ‘Hitherto she ne’re could fancy him’: Shakespeare’s ‘British’ Plays and the Exclusion of Ireland

      • Andrew Hadfield
      Pages 47-67

    5. Where is Ireland in The Tempest?

      • David J. Baker
      Pages 68-88

  4. National Shakespeares, Postcolonial Cultures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. ‘Shakespeare Explained’: James Joyce’s Shakespeare from Victorian Burlesque to Postmodern Bard

      • Richard Brown
      Pages 91-113

    3. W. B. Yeats and Shakespearean Character

      • Jonathan Allison
      Pages 114-135

    4. Shakespeare and the Definition of the Irish Nation

      • Richard English
      Pages 136-151

    5. Bridegrooms to the Goddess: Hughes, Heaney and the Elizabethans

      • Neil Rhodes
      Pages 152-172

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 257-264
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About this book

Shakespeare and Ireland examines the complex relationship between the most celebrated icon of the British establishment and Irish literary and cultural traditions. Addressing Shakespearean representations of Ireland as well as Irish writers' responses to the dramatist, it ranges widely across theatrical performances, pedagogical practices, editorial undertakings and political developments. The writings of Joyce, Heaney and Yeats are considered, in addition to recent nationalist discourses. In so doing, the collection establishes the multiple 'Shakespeares' and competing 'Irelands' that inform the Irish imagination.

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"Henshall . . . has written a lively and literate introduction to the vast sweep of Japanese history. . . ." - Library Journal

"This informative and easily digestible work is ideal for general readers who wish to learn more about this important and fascinating nation." - Booklist

Editors and Affiliations

  • Queen’s University of Belfast, UK

    Mark Thornton Burnett

  • English at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

    Ramona Wray

About the editors

Kenneth G. Henshall is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, and has taught at the University of California, Berkeley.

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