Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
The picture of nobody: Shakespeare in the time of the political -- Welsh roots: Shakespeare's brute part -- O World: the echoes of Rome in Julius Caesar -- Denmark's a prison: Hamlet and the rules of art -- Great stage of fools: King Lear and the King's men -- Double trouble: Regime change in Macbeth -- Your crown's awry: the visual turn in Antony and Cleopatra -- Like an eagle in a dovecot: the intrusion of the time into the play -- No sovereignty: Shakespeare's voyage to Greece |
Summary |
A study of theatre and sovereignty that situates Shakespeare's plays in the contraflow between two absolutisms of early modern England: the aesthetic and the political |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 7, 2016) |
Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Political and social views.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Aesthetics.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
Subject |
Sovereignty in literature.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
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Aesthetics
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Political and social views
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Sovereignty in literature
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781526111050 |
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1526111055 |
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