Scholars of English literature, and Shakespeare in particular, look at links between his work and the England that has tended to be neglected since the turn towards British history and the
recognition of other nations in the western archipelago. They consider such aspects as empire, monarchy, and nation in King John; Welsh correction, English condition, and British cultural
communion; voicing the nation's conscience in female complaint in Richard III, King John, and Henry VIII; Calais, the continent, and the operatic fortunes of Ambroise Thomas; assimilating the
exotic Other through performance from Henry IV to Henry VI, and Shakespeare-land. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
