Shakespeare’s histories and counter-histories Comparative literature

Shakespeare’s histories and counter-histories Comparative literatureShakespeare's history plays have always been pivotal to our understanding of his works and their relationship to their political and cultural context. This collection renews attention to these crucial plays by exploring official and unofficial versions of the past, histories and counter histories.

Packed with illustrations

This book examines whether it is possible to support the development of generalised trust through public action and education

was a contested territory within the metropolitan culture

These architectural changes

It develops its arguments through an original interplay of political science and political theory

Neil Postman presciently coined the term 'technopoly' to refer to 'the surrender of culture to technology'

This volume presents a concise history of the reign of Edward II

how they are employed

his work documents how this musical genre allows listeners and musicians to engage in what he calls ‘extreme decolonial dialogues’ that challenge historical and ongoing forms of oppression

Punjabi Sikhs and Nepalese Gurkhas became linked as the British Empire’s fiercest

using newly discovered documents

but a crucial part of Europe’s efforts to develop its cinema within domestic and international film industries