Publication News: 'Geopolitical Shakespeare'

Geopolitical Shakespeare: Western Entanglements from Internationalism to Cold War examines the entanglement of Shakespearean culture in the geopolitical dynamics of the post-war West. Erica Sheen explores a series of events between 1945 and 1955 featuring key historical figures—scientists, international lawyers, diplomats and politicians, writers, actors,  filmmakers—who experienced the onset of Cold War through Shakespeare, or the idea of Shakespeare.  She discusses political, diplomatic, cultural, and economic interactions within 'core' power relations—the USA, UK, and Europe, with particular reference to Germany—in which Shakespeare was entangled in the struggle for Western political liberalism.