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Shakespeare's Afterlife in the Royal Collection: Dynasty, Ideology, and National Culture
Shakespeare's Afterlife in the Royal Collection: Dynasty, Ideology, and National Culture
Explores the extent to which members of the royal family have appropriated the creative legacy of Shakespeare, from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, in order to shore up royal and national ideologies and to assert the legitimacy of the monarchy.
288 pages, 47 colour illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 19, 2025 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198923152 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 242 × 163 × 23 mm · 606 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Barnden, Sally (Lecturer in Literature and Visual Culture, Swansea University) |
| Editor | McMullan, Gordon (Professor of English, King's College London) |
| Editor | Retford, Kate (Professor of History of Art and Head of the School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck, University of London) |
| Editor | Tambling, Kirsten (Previously postdoctoral research associate for 'Shakespeare in the Royal Collection', and subsequently Associate Lecturer on the Curating the Art Museum programme, Courtauld Institute of Art) |