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Henry V, the Gulf War, and cultural materialism.(war and politics in life and literature)(Critical Essay)
Abstract
This paper is about the difficult relationship between visions of the future and known history in Shakespeare's Henry V; it is also about finding a way to make cultural materialism comprehensible to undergraduates. Three particular moments of historical/cultural schism are analyzed: between the play and the history it represents, when the final Chorus steps forward and tells us that everything Henry has won will shortly be lost; between the play and its originary moment, where a hopeful vision of the Earl of Essex returning victorious to London from Ireland is dashed only months after the play premiered; and between a modern victor in a modern battle, in ...
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