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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789030203321

Autore

Hadfield Andrew

Titolo

Shakespeare and Renaissance politics / / Andrew Hadfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Arden Shakespeare, , 2004

ISBN

1-4081-3811-5

1-4725-5521-X

1-4081-3810-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

The Arden critical companions

Disciplina

822.3/3

Soggetti

Political science - England

Political and social views - England

Renaissance - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; Introduction: Shakespeare and the Varieties of Early Modern Political Culture; Chapter One: True and False Sovereigns in the English History Plays; Chapter Two: The Power and Rights of the Crown; Chapter Three: Republicanism and Constitutionalism; Chapter Four: Alternative Forms of Government; Chapter Five: The Reality of Jacobean Politics; AFTERWORD; APPENDIX 1 The Plantagenet Dynasty; APPENDIX 2 The Tudor Dynasty; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

"Shakespeare, like many of his contemporaries, was concerned with the question of the succession and the legitimacy of the monarch. From the early plays through the histories to Hamlet, Shakespeare's work is haunted by the problem of political legitimacy."--Bloomsbury Publishing.