Cultural Shakespeare: Essays in the Shakespeare Myth

This unique collection of seminal works includes essays in literature, theatre, film/media and cultural studies, and is an indispensable resource for studies in the 'Shakespeare industry'. It brings together for the first time a definitive collection of Graham Holderness's writings on such topics as Shakespeare and national culture; the Shakespeare industry; the 'Shakespeare Myth'. These celebrated essays constitute a unique resource for the study of 'Shakespeare' as a cultural phenomenon or ideological apparatus, as distinct from Shakespeare the poet and playwright.