ABSTRACT
First published in 1990, this title explores the nature of the interaction between Shakespeare and American culture. Shakespeare stands at the center of an elaborate institutional reality, closely tied to both cultural and ideological production. His plays, Michael Bristol asserts, help to constitute a primary affirmative theme of much American culture criticism, specifically the celebration of individuality and the values of expressive autonomy. This reissue will be of particular value to Literature students and researchers with an interest in Shakespeare, as well as those interested in American cultural history more generally.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |11 pages
Introduction
part |107 pages
Shakespearizing America
chapter |22 pages
Doing Shakespeare: The Political Economy of Scholarship
chapter |25 pages
Tradition as a Social Agency
chapter |29 pages
The Function of the Archive
chapter |29 pages
Editing the Text: the Deuteronomic Reconstruction of Authority
part |91 pages
Americanizing Shakespeare