| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 249 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- PERIODICALS -- SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS AND POEMS -- Introduction -- THE HEROIC IDEAL -- 'COURAGE-MASCULINE' -- 'ENGLISSHE CHEVALRIE' -- ROMAN VIRTUE -- AN ORPHERUS FOR A HERCULES -- THE ETHIC OF HEROISM -- CHAPTER 1 The chivalric revival: 'Henry V' and 'Troilus and Cressida' -- THE CHIVALRIC REVIVAL -- HOLY WARRIOR -- THE DANGERS OF IDEALISM -- THE COLLAPSE OF CHIVALRY -- MANHOOD AND HONOUR -- CHAPTER 2 'Tender and delicate prince': 'Hamlet' -- WELCOMING THE IRREDENTIST -- CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS -- VIKING HONOR -- 'THE TEFLON FACTOR' -- CHAPTER 3 'O these men, these men': Othello -- HERCULEAN HERO -- NOBLE SAVAGE? -- METAMORPHOSIS -- ALL IN HONOUR -- OTHELLO'S OCCUPATION -- CHAPTER 4 'Arms and the Man': Macbeth -- BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS -- 'MACBETH', KING JAMES, AND THE BRITISH MYTH -- AUGUSTUS REDIVIVUS -- VIRGIL'S AMBIVALENCE -- 'MACBETH' AS ROYAL COMPLIMENT -- SHAKESPEAREAN DIALECTIC -- CHAPTER 5 'Flower of warriors': Coriolanus -- THE POLITICS OF VIRTUE -- 'LIKE MARS IN ARMOR CLAD' -- REPUBLICAN ROME -- FLOWER OF WARRIORS -- THE BODY POLITIC -- WAR AND CHIVALRY -- CHAPTER 6 'Rarer action': The Tempest -- HERCULES AND ORPHEUS: THE QUEST FOR PEACE -- 'THE TEMPEST' AND COLONIALISM -- ORPHEUS REDIVIVUS -- DYNASTIC MARRIAGE -- THE PRIMITIVIST MYTH -- THE FINAL END OF POESY -- Afterword: historicism and 'presentism' -- Select bibliography -- PRIMARY SOURCES -- SELECTED SECONDARY SOURCES -- Index |
| Summary |
Reviews Shakespeare's view of masculinity through The Tempest, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and others |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-242) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Men
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
| Subject |
Masculinity in literature.
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Kings and rulers in literature.
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Heroes in literature.
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Men in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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Heroes in literature
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Kings and rulers in literature
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Masculinity in literature
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Men in literature
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Mannelijkheid.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511009577 |
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9780511009570 |
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0511033648 |
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9780511033643 |
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9780521662048 |
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0521662044 |
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