Shakespeare and the dramaturgy of power / John D. Cox.
Material type: TextPublisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1989]Copyright date: ©1989Description: 1 online resource (301 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781400860012
- 1400860016
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Political and social views
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Literature
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century
- Christian drama, English (Middle) -- History and criticism
- Political plays, English -- History and criticism
- English drama -- To 1500 -- History and criticism
- Power (Christian theology) in literature
- Power (Social sciences) in literature
- Civilization, Medieval, in literature
- Politique et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 16e siècle
- Théâtre chrétien anglais (moyen anglais) -- Histoire et critique
- Théâtre politique anglais -- Histoire et critique
- Théâtre anglais -- Jusqu'à 1500 -- Histoire et critique
- Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) dans la littérature
- Civilisation médiévale dans la littérature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare
- DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literature
- Christian drama, English (Middle)
- Civilization, Medieval, in literature
- English drama
- Political and social views
- Political plays, English
- Politics and literature
- Power (Christian theology) in literature
- Power (Social sciences) in literature
- Great Britain
- To 1599
- 822.3/3 19
- PR3017 .C68 1989eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE. POWER AND THEORY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 1. Centralized Power and Christian Political Realism: Fifth Century and Sixteenth -- Chapter 2. Libido Dominandi and Potentia Humilitatis: The Medieval Dramaturgy of Power -- Chapter 3. Tudor Power and the New Fashion -- Chapter 4. Deconstructive Comedy -- Chapter 5. Inventing Secular History: The Henry VI Plays -- Chapter 6. The Elizabethan Hal -- Chapter 7. Power and Archaic Dramaturgy in All's Well That Ends Well -- Chapter 8. Style, Goodness, and Power in Measure for Measure -- Chapter 9. Tragedy: Noble Weakness -- Chapter 10. Ruling Taste and the Late Plays -- Afterword: Power and Art -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED -- INDEX.
Ranging over all the dramatic genres in the Shakespearean canon, this book focuses on plays where medieval drama most clearly illuminates Shakespeare's treatment of political power and social privilege. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
In English.
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