Aliens and Englishness in Elizabethan Drama |
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| Author:
| Kermode, Lloyd Edward |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-57614-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | AUD $200.00 |
Book Description:
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Covering a variety of plays from 1550-1600, this book examines the ways in which this medium of popular entertainment was also a tool to assert an idea of national identity for audiences. Kermode uncovers how the alien or foreign 'other' was used to posit ideas and ideals of Englishness.
Covering a variety of plays from 1550-1600, this book examines the ways in which this medium of popular entertainment was also a tool to assert an idea of national identity for audiences. Kermode uncovers how the alien or foreign 'other' was used to posit ideas and ideals of Englishness.