{"product_id":"shakespeare-at-war-a-material-history-hardback-9781316517482","title":"Shakespeare at War; A Material History (Hardback) 9781316517482","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShakespeare at War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Material History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first material history of how Shakespeare has been 'recruited' in wartime.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAmy Lidster (Edited by), Sonia Massai (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316517482, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 August 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.1 x 17.8 x 1.9 cm, 0.92 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'I was drawn into this absorbing book, a wide-ranging collection of essays which bear out what the editors say about Shakespeare's plays being 'embedded' in our culture. The collection admits a marked plurality of voices and histories, reminding us that the past is altered by the present, just as the present is directed by the past. As warfare changes, so do we; and as we change, so too, perhaps, does Shakespeare.' Hugh Quarshie\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePresenting engaging, thought-provoking stories across centuries of military activity, this book demonstrates just how extensively Shakespeare's cultural capital has been deployed at times of national conflict. Drawing upon scholarly expertise in Shakespeare and War Studies, first-hand experience from public military figures and insights from world-renowned theatre directors, this is the first material history of how Shakespeare has been used in wartime. Addressing home fronts and battle fronts, the collection's broad chronological coverage encompasses the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence, the Napoleonic Wars, the Russian War, the First and Second World Wars, and the Iraq War. Each chapter reveals an archival object that tells us something about who 'recruited' Shakespeare, what they did with him, and to what effect. Richly illustrated throughout, the collection uniquely uncovers the agendas that Shakespeare has been enlisted to support (and critique) at times of great national crisis and loss.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: A Material History Amy Lidster and Sonia Massai\u003cbr\u003e 1. 'The truth for which we are fighting': David Garrick's The Tempest (1756) and inclusive Britishness during the seven years' war Sonia Massai\u003cbr\u003e 2. The seven years' war (1756–1763) and Garrick's Shakespearean Nationalism Jonathan Crimmins\u003cbr\u003e 3. Revolutionary Shakespeare: Julius Caesar and the rhetorical fashioning of ideologies of freedom Esther B. Schupak\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hamlet mobilized: political parody during the Napoleonic wars Amy Lidster\u003cbr\u003e 5. Shakespeare, the north-west passage, and the Russian war Irena R. Makaryk\u003cbr\u003e 6. Now for our Irish wars': Shakespeare, colonialism, and nationalism in Ireland Andrew Murphy\u003cbr\u003e 7. Shakespeare and the survival of middle England: weekly journals, 1914–18 Stuart Sillars\u003cbr\u003e 8. Ellen Terry stars at the Shakespeare hut Ailsa Grant Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e 9. The 1916 Shakespeare tercentenary at N? 1 camp in Calais Monika Smialkowska\u003cbr\u003e 10. Shakespeare does his bit for the war effort: authorship and material culture in the 1917 British Red Cross Shakespeare exhibition Clara Calvo\u003cbr\u003e 11. Germanizing Shakespeare during the First World War Marius S. Ostrowski\u003cbr\u003e 12. Readers and rebels: Ireland, Shakespeare and the 1916 easter rising Katherine Hennessey\u003cbr\u003e 13. Forgotten histories: the barnbow lasses in Maggie Smales's Henry V (upstage centre, 41 Monkgate, York, 2015) an interview with Maggie Smales\u003cbr\u003e 14. Now good or bad, 'tis but the chance of war': counter-punching against appeasement Robert Sawyer\u003cbr\u003e 15. 'Precurse of feared events': a pre-war hamlet at Elsinore, 1939 Anne Sophie Refskou\u003cbr\u003e 16. But what are we fighting for? The role of Shakespeare and the arts in wartime Britain Ros King\u003cbr\u003e 17. Henry V and the battle of powerscourt Edward Corse\u003cbr\u003e 18. Unser Shakespeare in Nazi Germany Richard Ned Lebow\u003cbr\u003e 19. Framing the Jew: Julia Pascal's The Shylock play (Arcola theatre, London, 2007) an interview with Julia Pascal\u003cbr\u003e 20. G. Wilson Knight's 'Royal Propaganda' in 'This Sceptred Isle' (1941) Reiko Oya\u003cbr\u003e 21. Shakespeare's desert camouflage Ramona Wray\u003cbr\u003e 22. 'May I with right and conscience make this claim?': Testing the 'just war' tradition in Nicholas Hytner's Henry V (National Theatre, 2003) An interview with Nicholas Hytner\u003cbr\u003e 23. Henry V and the invasion of Iraq Tim Collins\u003cbr\u003e 24. Who pays the price: Maria Aberg on Roy Williams's days of significance (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2007) an interview with Maria Aberg\u003cbr\u003e 25. 'Mere prattle, without practice, is all his soldiership': shaping the soldier in Nicholas Hytner's Othello (National Theatre, 2013) Jonathan Shaw\u003cbr\u003e 26. 'Thou hast set me on the Rack': torture and modern warfare in Iqbal Khan's Othello (Royal Shakespeare company, 2015) an interview with Iqbal Khan\u003cbr\u003e Afterword Emma Smith.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46294255698200,"sku":"9781316517482","price":19.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781316517482i_fe2b867b-0d3e-4553-9b5e-d3d240f8ee81.jpg?v=1696681774","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/shakespeare-at-war-a-material-history-hardback-9781316517482","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}