| Description |
viii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Shakespeare and politics : an introduction / John J. Joughin -- 2. Shakespeare and politics / Blair Worden -- 3. Henry VIII and the deconstruction of history / Peter L. Rudnytsky -- 4. Livy, Machiavelli, and Shakespeare's Coriolanus / Anne Barton -- 5. Richard II and the realities of power / S. Schoenbaum -- 6. Plutarch, insurrection, and dearth in Coriolanus / David George -- 7. Some versions of coup d'etat, rebellion, and revolution / Pierre Sahel -- 8. Language, politics, and poverty in Shakespearian drama / William C. Carroll -- 9. 'Demystifying the mystery of state' : King Lear and the world upside down / Margot Heinemann -- 10. Venetian culture and the politics of Othello / Mark Matheson -- 11. The Bard and Ireland : Shakespeare's Protestantism as politics in disguise / Paul Franssen -- 12. Henry V as working-house of ideology / Gunter Walch -- 13. 'Fashion it thus' : Julius Caesar and the politics of theatrical representation / John Drakakis |
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14. Take me to your Leda / Terence Hawkes -- 15. Macbeth on film : politics / E. Pearlman -- 16. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet : everything's nice in America? / Barbara Hodgdon |
| Summary |
"This collection of essays from Shakespeare Survey shows a range of writing on Shakespeare and politics with shifts of focus as diverse as biography, text and contexts, language and film, and from perspectives that are literary, historical, religious, theoretical and cultural. A new introductory article by John J. Joughin gives an overview of the subject."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Collection of essays from the Shakespeare survey |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Political and social views.
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
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Political plays, English -- History and criticism.
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Politics in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Author |
Alexander, Catherine M. S.
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| LC no. |
2004045734 |
| ISBN |
0521544815 paperback |
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0521836239 |
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