Shakespeare and Renaissance politics / Andrew Hadfield.

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Hadfield, Andrew

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TextSeries: Arden critical companionsPublisher: London : Arden Shakespeare, 2004Description: 1 online resource (xii, 315 pages) : illustrations, genealogical tableContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781408138106
1408138107
9781472555212
147255521X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Shakespeare and Renaissance politicsDDC classification:

822.33 22

LOC classification:

PR3017 .H27 2004eb

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18.05
HI 3320
HI 3325
HI 3385
HI 3390

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Contents:

Introduction: Shakespeare and the Varieties of Early Modern Political Culture -- True and False Sovereigns in the English History Plays -- The Power and Rights of the Crown -- Republicanism and Constitutionalism -- Alternative Forms of Government -- The Reality of Jacobean Politics -- The Plantagenet Dynasty -- The Tudor Dynasty.

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Summary: This study examines Shakespeare's drama and poetry in terms of contemporary political writings dealing with the constitution, the role of the monarchy, parliament, the lessons of English history and other relevant topics. Andrew Hadfield argues that Shakespeare, like many of his contemporaries, was concerned with the question of the succession and the legitimacy of the monarch in the 1590s and early 1600s when Elizabeth was an aged and ailing queen the manifestation of a dying dynasty which left England with an uncertain future. From early works such as "The Rape of Lucrece" and "Titus Andronicus", through the histories to "Hamlet", Shakespeare's work is haunted by the problem of political legitimacy. Although clearly worried by the impending accession of James VI, Shakespeare's plays written after 1603 suggest that he was relieved by the stability that the Scottish king brought to his English kingdom.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-307) and index.

This study examines Shakespeare's drama and poetry in terms of contemporary political writings dealing with the constitution, the role of the monarchy, parliament, the lessons of English history and other relevant topics. Andrew Hadfield argues that Shakespeare, like many of his contemporaries, was concerned with the question of the succession and the legitimacy of the monarch in the 1590s and early 1600s when Elizabeth was an aged and ailing queen the manifestation of a dying dynasty which left England with an uncertain future. From early works such as "The Rape of Lucrece" and "Titus Andronicus", through the histories to "Hamlet", Shakespeare's work is haunted by the problem of political legitimacy. Although clearly worried by the impending accession of James VI, Shakespeare's plays written after 1603 suggest that he was relieved by the stability that the Scottish king brought to his English kingdom.

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