Shakespeare v. the BNP

Adam Hansen

doi:10.1057/9781137270146_3

Shakespeare v. the BNP

Adam Hansen^*

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Abstract

How has Shakespeare been made to serve particular political perspectives? To what extent can a modern construct of ‘Shakespeare’ be used in resisting against far-Right organisations such as the British National Party (BNP)? And, what role can teaching play in these processes? This essay investigates the ways in which the far right in particular has used Shakespeare in the past and the present.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Literary Politics
Subtitle of host publication	The Politics of Literature and the Literature of Politics
Editors	Deborah Philips, Katy Shaw
Place of Publication	Houndmills, Basingstoke
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	3
Pages	25-43
Number of pages	19
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781137270146
ISBN (Print)	9781137270139, 9781349444267
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137270146_3
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Election Manifesto
Literary Politics
Cultural Materialism
Racial Integration
Mayoral Election

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