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Hamlet's Heirs - Shakespeare and The Politics of a New Millennium (Paperback, New Ed)
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Hamlet's Heirs - Shakespeare and The Politics of a New Millennium (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: Accents on Shakespeare
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Namesake princes and presidents; stolen thrones and elections;
plutocrats and insurgents; campaign trails and war-mongering;
waning monarchy and imperilled democracy; and revengers, early
modern and postmodern: these themes drive this provocative study of
Shakespeare's legacy in contemporary American and British politics.
Linked by focused readings o"f Hamlet and the Henriad, "the essays
follow Shakespeare's two most famous royal sons, the Princes Hamlet
and Hal, as they haunt contemporary political psychology in the
early years of a new millennium, and especially in the aftermath of
September 11, 2001. Between devolution in Britain and the new
"doctrine" of pre-emptive strike in the United States, our
contemporary Hamlets and Hals epitomize a debate-as fraught now as
in Shakespeare's day-about the cost of spin-doctoring legacies. In
exploring how current political culture inherits Shakespeare,
Hamlet's Heirs challenges scholarly assumptions about historical
periodicity, modernity, and the uses of Shakespeare in present-day
contexts.
Speaking to readers in a voice that is adventurous rather than
authoritative, innovative rather than institutional, and
speculative rather than orthodox, Charnes reveals that when it
comes to legacy we are all, in one way or another, Hamlet's heirs.
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