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Speak it in Welsh : Wales and the Welsh language in Shakespeare

""Speak It in Welsh": Wales and the Welsh Language in Shakespeare examines the marginalized Welsh voice in Shakespeare's plays and seeks to understand why Shakespeare may have included Wales and the Welsh in his plays as he reacts to, reflects on, and contributes to the formation of early modern Britain."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2007
Lexington Books, Lanham, Md., ©2007
xv, 209 pages ; 24 cm
9780739117606, 0739117602
123391111
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1: "To Speak Welsh": Nonsense and Subversion in Henry IV, Part I Chapter 3 Chapter 2: "The Lady Speaks in Welsh": Lady Mortimer and Tudor Policy in Shakespeare's I Henry IV Chapter 4 Chapter 3: "I cannot speak your England": Language, Britishness, and Shakespeare's Henriad Chapter 5 Chapter 4: Acquiesce or Eat My Leek: Approaches to Assimilation in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry V Chapter 6 Chapter 5: Location, Location, Location: Wales in Cymbeline Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Welsh "Noise" and Communicating Couples: Playing Welsh Language and Culture on Stage Chapter 8 Chapter 7: "Here the Lady Sings a Welsh Song": Shakespeare's Welsh Language in Performance Chapter 9 Appendix A: The Welsh Language and the Welsh Character on Stage Chapter 10 Appendix B: A Note on Editions