Shakespeare Between the World Wars The Anglo-American Sphere /

• Main Author: Sawyer, Robert (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: British literature.; Literature, Modern.; Europe-History-1492-.; Civilization-History.; British and Irish Literature.; Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.; History of Modern Europe.; Cultural History.

Shakespeare Between the World Wars draws parallels between Shakespearean scholarship, criticism, and production from 1920 to 1940 and the chaotic years of the Interwar era. The book begins with the scene in Hamlet where the Prince confronts his mother, Gertrude. Just as the closet scene can be read...