Shakespeare and the American Nation

Kim C. Sturgess

earliest edition we have, 2004 Cambridge University Press, 2007 paperback 244 pages

"Why do so many Americans celebrate Shakespeare, a long-dead English poet and playwright? By the nineteenth century newly independent America had chosen to reject the British monarchy and Parliament, class structure and traditions, yet their citizens still made William Shakespeare a naturalized American hero. Today the largest group of overseas visitors to Stratford-upon-Avon, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Banksi...

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Shakespeare and the American Nation edition · 2014 · Cambridge University Press · 9781107416321
Shakespeare and the American Nation paperback · 2007 · Cambridge University Press · 244 pages · 9780521035767
Shakespeare and the American Nation edition · 2004 · Cambridge University Press · 246 pages · 9781306071659
Shakespeare and the American nation edition · 2004 · Cambridge University Press · 234 pages
Shakespeare and the American Nation edition · 2004 · Cambridge University Press · 9780511210761

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