Description |
1 online resource (xii, 289 pages) |
Contents |
Shakespeare's properties / David Armitage -- The active and contemplative lives in Shakespeare's plays / Cathy Curtis -- Shakespeare and the ethics of authority / Stephen Greenblatt -- Shakespeare and the politics of superstition / Susan James --Counsel, succession and the politics of Shakespeare's Sonnets / Cathy Shrank -- Educating Hamlet and Prince Hal / Aysha Pollnitz -- The corruption of Hamlet / Andrew Fitzmaurice -- Unfolding 'the properties of government': the case of Measure for measure and the history of political thought / Conal Condren -- Shakespeare and the politics of co-authorship: Henry VIII / Jennifer Richards -- Putting the city into Shakespeare's city comedy / Phil Withington -- Talking to the animals: persuasion, counsel and their discontents in Julius Caesar / David Colclough -- Political rhetoric and citizenship in Coriolanus / Markku Peltonen -- Shakespeare and the best state of a commonwealth / Eric Nelson Afterword: Shakespeare and humanist culture / Quentin Skinner |
Summary |
This work examines Shakespeare's engagement with the characteristic questions of early modern political thought. It provides a broad introduction to the history of early modern political thought and covers the full range of Shakespeare's work |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Political and social views.
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SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Politics in literature.
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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 science -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century
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Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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Political and social views
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Political science
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Politics and literature
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Politics in literature
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Great Britain
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Armitage, David, 1965-
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Condren, Conal.
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Fitzmaurice, Andrew.
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ISBN |
9780511634871 |
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0511634870 |
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9780511635328 |
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051163532X |
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