03292nam 22008051 450 991096635420332120200514202323.0978661287072997814725554271472555422978082646314208264631429781282870727128287072610.5040/9781472555427(CKB)2560000000102733(EBL)602010(OCoLC)676696324(SSID)ssj0000428071(PQKBManifestationID)11291004(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428071(PQKBWorkID)10413757(PQKB)10985949(Au-PeEL)EBL602010(CaPaEBR)ebr10427061(CaONFJC)MIL287072(OCoLC)893335087(OCoLC)1090439995(UkLoBP)bpp09256908(MiAaPQ)EBC602010(UkLoBP)BP9781472555427BC(Perlego)804660(OCoLC)689523790(StDuBDS)BP9781472555427DO(EXLCZ)99256000000010273320140929d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrShakespeare's politics a contextual introduction /Robin Headlam Wells2nd edition.London ;New York :Continuum,2009.1 online resource (247 p.)Previous edition: published as Shakespeare, politics and the state. London: Macmillan, 1986.9780826493064 0826493068 9780826493057 082649305X Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-229) and index.Critical introduction -- Civilization and the debate on human nature -- Gender -- Forms of government -- The just ruler -- Rebellion -- Providence and history -- Natural law -- Postscript : Shakespeare's politics and modern criticism.Shakespeare's Politics is an invaluable introduction to the political world of Shakespeare's plays. It includes passages from the plays together with extracts from contemporary historical and political documents. The clear, jargon-free narrative introduces and explains the extracts and provides an overview of the key political issues that were debated in late Elizabethan and early Stuart England. The introduction outlines the historical context in which Shakespeare wrote and explains the intellectual principles that informed early modern thinking about politics. By reading Shakespeare alongsidPolitics and literatureGreat Britain16th centuryPolitics and literatureGreat Britain17th centuryPolitical plays, EnglishHistory and criticismPolitics in literaturePolitics and literaturePolitics and literaturePolitical plays, EnglishHistory and criticism.Politics in literature.822.3/3Wells Robin Headlam677618UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910966354203321Shakespeare's politics4341427UNINA