Shakespeare and Stratford

Shakespeare and StratfordAs the site of literary pilgrimage since the eighteenth century, the home of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the topic of hundreds of imaginary portrayals, Stratford is ripe for analysis, both in terms of its factual existence and its fictional afterlife. The essays in this volume consider the various manifestations of the physical and metaphorical town on the Avon, across time, genre and place, from America to New Zealand, from childrens literature

the plays included here range from naturalistic tragedies to poetic allegories to witty satires

principally Bedouin and Jews in Israel

through the lense of biblical

Recounts the transformation of two daily newspapers in the face of economic downturns and sweeping technological change

Presented here are phenomenologically specific traits of the bodily knowing that Hadewijch and other women of her time and place prized in their devotion to Christ and his saints

Even as we take fascism seriously as a political phenomenon

ordinance surveys

such as disillusionment with democracy and social fragmentation

External quality is assessed through factors like size

Aware of and drawing from these social movements

environmental degradation and disasters

a commitment to a set of beliefs and values