Shadowplay : The Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare (2005

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Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ...
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Edition
First Edition
ISBN
9781586483166
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Public Affairs
ISBN-10
1586483161
ISBN-13
9781586483166
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44185491

Product Key Features

Book Title
Shadowplay : the Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Drama, Shakespeare, Christianity / Catholic, Subjects & Themes / Historical events, General, Subjects & Themes / Politics, Christianity / Literature & the Arts
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Literary Criticism, Religion, Literary Collections
Author
Clare Asquith
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-043160
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
822.3/3
Synopsis
In 16th century England many loyal subjects to the crown were asked to make a terrible choice: to follow their monarch or their God. The era was one of unprecedented authoritarianism: England, it seemed, had become a police state, fearful of threats from abroad and plotters at home. This age of terror was also the era of the greatest creative genius the world has ever known: William Shakespeare. How, then, could such a remarkable man born into such violently volatile times apparently make no comment about the state of England in his work? He did. But it was hidden. Revealing Shakespeare's sophisticated version of a forgotten code developed by 16th-century dissidents, Clare Asquith shows how he was both a genius for all time and utterly a creature of his own era: a writer who was supported by dissident Catholic aristocrats, who agonized about the fate of England's spiritual and political life and who used the stage to attack and expose a regime which he believed had seized illegal control of the country he loved. Shakespeare's plays offer an acute insight into the politics and personalities of his era. And Clare Asquith's decoding of them offers answers to several mysteries surrounding Shakespeare's own life, including most notably why he stopped writing while still at the height of his powers. An utterly compelling combination of literary detection and political revelation, Shadowplay is the definitive expose of how Shakespeare lived through and understood the agonies of his time, and what he had to say about them.
LC Classification Number
PR3017.A75 2005

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