Shakespeare in the Present: Political Lessons under Biden

Shakespeare in the Present: Political Lessons under Biden is the first case study applying Shakespeare's plays to post-Trump America, showing how the broader understanding of our own political world can enrich our understanding of his works and our world.

Format: Hardback
Length: 90 pages
Publication date: 03 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Shakespeare in the Present: Political Lessons under Biden is a groundbreaking exploration of how Shakespeare's plays can be applied to understand post-Trump America. Rather than simply comparing contemporary characters to Shakespearean figures
characters, the book
book delves into the broader
depths of Shakespeare's imagined worlds to reveal how they mirror and inform our own political landscape. Written in a clear and engaging style, it demonstrates that reading Shakespeare's works with a contemporary Washington in mind can enhance our understanding of both his masterpieces and our world. Shakespeare wrote
wrote
wrote
wrote
wrote
wrote in his own time, but we always read him in our present. As such, our interpretation of him is shaped by our own understanding of our political world. This book offers concise critical analyses of Shakespeare's plays and contemporary American politics, making it an accessible introduction for undergraduates and general readers to this type of topical, presentist criticism of Shakespeare.

The book explores the ways of Shakespeare's plays to understand post-Trump America, delving into the depths of his imagined worlds to reveal how they mirror and inform our own political landscape. Written in a clear and engaging style, it demonstrates that reading Shakespeare's works with a contemporary Washington in mind can enhance our understanding of both his masterpieces and our world. Shakespeare wrote in his own time, but we always read him in our present, shaping our interpretation of him with our own political world. This book offers concise critical analyses of Shakespeare's plays and contemporary American politics, making it an accessible introduction for undergraduates and general readers to this type of topical, presentist criticism of Shakespeare.

Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032363240