02993nam 2200637Ia 450 991082724750332120230617004202.01-281-36488-697866113648851-4039-8129-910.1057/9781403981295(CKB)1000000000342824(EBL)307662(OCoLC)314843703(SSID)ssj0000122519(PQKBManifestationID)11133491(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122519(PQKBWorkID)10122437(PQKB)10736699(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8129-5(MiAaPQ)EBC307662(Au-PeEL)EBL307662(CaPaEBR)ebr10135504(CaONFJC)MIL136488(EXLCZ)99100000000034282420050204d2005 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCitizen Shakespeare freemen and aliens in the language of the plays /John Michael Archer1st ed. 2005.New York ;Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillanc20051 online resource (224 p.)Early modern cultural studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-349-52970-2 1-4039-6666-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Editor's preface for John Archer's citizen Shakespeare : freemen and aliens in the language of the plays --1.Comedy : civil sayings --2.History : civil butchery --3.Tragedy : what Rome?Editor's preface for John Archer's citizen Shakespeare : freemen and aliens in the language of the plays -- 1. Comedy : civil sayings -- 2. History : civil butchery -- 3. Tragedy : what Rome?Shakespeare was not a citizen of London. But the language of his plays is shot through with the concerns of London 'freemen' and their wives, the diverse commercial class that nevertheless excluded adult immigrants from country towns and northern Europe alike. This book combines London historiography, close reading, and recent theories of citizen subjectivity to demonstrate for the first time that Shakespeare's plays embody citizen and alien identities despite their aristocratic settings. Through three chapters, the book points out where the city shadows the country scenes of the major comedies, shows how London's trades animate the 'civil butchery' of the history plays, ans explains why England's metropolis becomes the fractured Rome of tragedy,.Early modern cultural studies.English literatureLondon (England)In literatureEnglish literature.822.33Archer John Michael481573MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827247503321Citizen Shakespeare4019794UNINA