Thesis
Shakespeare's Henry V and the modern war of conquest
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2007
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101748
Abstract
Since its production in 1599, Shakespeare’s Henry V has been interpreted by many scholars, filmmakers and readers in ways that perpetuate leaders’ ability to wage foreign wars of aggression. These conquests may go by other names than war or conquest but they are, in principle, very similar to the corrupt enterprise that Shakespeare chronicles in Henry V. A reading of the play in the light of recent literary criticism and twentieth-century western military action can expose the interest and investment that modern readers still have in viewing their leaders’ rapacious actions as righteous and necessary.
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Details
- Title
- Shakespeare's Henry V and the modern war of conquest
- Creators
- Nathanael Whitworth
- Contributors
- William M. Hamlin (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- English, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525025201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis