Shakespeare and the American Nation

This book documents America's relationship with Shakespeare. It relates how and why Shakespeare became a hero of American popular culture and its first media superstar. Why do so many Americans celebrate Shakespeare, a long-dead English poet and playwright? America had already chosen to reject the British monarchy and Parliament, class structure and traditions, by the nineteenth century. Yet its citizens still consider William Shakespeare a naturalized American hero. In fact, the largest group of visitors to Stratford-upon-Avon and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on Bankside currently comes from America.

Author: Kim C. Sturgess
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/17/2004
Pages: 246
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.22h x 5.98w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780521835855

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2004 pg. 663

About the Author
Sturgess, Kim C.: - Kim C. Sturgess has studied in America and is now Assistant Professor of English and American Literature at Qatar University.