Shakespeare and Politics - Catherine M.S. Alexander, Ed. Cambridge Univ Press

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521544815
ISBN-13
9780521544818
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30541075

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
276 Pages
Publication Name
Shakespeare and Politics
Language
English
Subject
Shakespeare, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Author
Catherine M. S. Alexander
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
15.8 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2004-045734
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
822.3/3
Table Of Content
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 turned 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; 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.
Synopsis
This comprehensive collection demonstrates a complete range of writing on Shakespeare and politics. It has shifts of focus as diverse as biography, text and contexts, language and film from literary, historical, religious, theoretical and cultural perspectives. A new introductory article by John J. Joughin provides a commentary on the essays, relates them to other work in the field and presents an overview of the subject., Shakespeare and Politics is a collection that includes a diverse set of interests: biography, text and context, language and film, written from perspectives that are literary, historical, religious, theoretical and cultural. A new introductory article by John J. Joughin gives an over-view of the subject., This important collection of essays from Shakespeare Survey, the first published in 1975, shows a full 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 provides a commentary on the essays, relates them to other work in the field and gives an over-view of the subject. The comprehensive collection is a stimulating and provocative introduction to a subject that is complex but never dull.
LC Classification Number
PR3017 .S35 2004

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