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Author Pye, Christopher, 1953- author.

Title The Regal Phantasm : Shakespeare and the Politics of Spectacle / Christopher Pye.

Publication Info. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
©1990

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Routledge revivals
Routledge revivals.
Summary First published in 1989, this title explores the relationship theater and power in the English Renaissance. Shakespeare's Henry V, Richard II, and Macbeth are examined alongside a range of cultural materials, including philosophical and historical accounts of sovereignty, royal portraiture and representations of treason and punishment. Renaissance theater was far more than a vehicle for the expression of a political content: it played a constitutive role in forming the distinctive theory of sovereignty and the distinctive political subjectivity of the era. By reading Shakespeare's plays conjunction with other, ideologically charged forms of representation, the book continues new-historicist efforts to uncover the complex relations between literary texts and cultural contexts. Providing an interesting and detailed analysis, this reissue will be of value to students of Shakespeare and the English Renaissance, and those concerned with exploring the intersection between cultural analysis, post-structuralism, and psychoanalytic interpretation.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Mock Sovereignty: Henry V; 2 Theatricality and Power; 3 The Betrayal of the Gaze: Richard II; 4 The Spectacle of Punishment; 5 Macbeth and the Politics of Rapture; Notes; Index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-191) and index.
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Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Political and social views.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Political and social views.
Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.
Politics and literature.
Great Britain.
History.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Political plays, English -- History and criticism.
Political plays, English.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Kings and rulers in literature.
Kings and rulers in literature.
Psychoanalysis and literature.
Psychoanalysis and literature.
Sovereignty in literature.
Sovereignty in literature.
Renaissance -- England.
Renaissance.
England.
Chronological Term 1500-1599
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Pye, Christopher. Regal Phantasm (Routledge Revivals) : Shakespeare and the Politics of Spectacle. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2015 9781138808744
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