| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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 alongsid. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Political and social views.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (OCoLC)fst00029048
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- 16th century.
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- 17th century.
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Political plays, English -- History and criticism.
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Politics in literature.
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Literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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Political and social views. (OCoLC)fst01353986
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Political plays, English. (OCoLC)fst01069494
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Politics and literature. (OCoLC)fst01069960
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Politics in literature. (OCoLC)fst01896084
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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| Chronological Term |
1500-1699
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wells, Robin Headlam. Shakespeare's politics. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009 9780826493057 (DLC) 2008027700 (OCoLC)148850110 |
| ISBN |
9780826463142 (electronic bk.) |
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0826463142 (electronic bk.) |
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