| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 289 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Shakespeare's properties / David Armitage -- The active and contemplative lives in Shakespeare's plays / Cathy Curtis -- Shakespeare and the ethics of authority / Stephen Greenblatt -- Shakespeare and the politics of superstition / Susan James --Counsel, succession and the politics of Shakespeare's Sonnets / Cathy Shrank -- Educating Hamlet and Prince Hal / Aysha Pollnitz -- The corruption of Hamlet / Andrew Fitzmaurice -- Unfolding 'the properties of government': the case of Measure for measure and the history of political thought / Conal Condren -- Shakespeare and the politics of co-authorship: Henry VIII / Jennifer Richards -- Putting the city into Shakespeare's city comedy / Phil Withington -- Talking to the animals: persuasion, counsel and their discontents in Julius Caesar / David Colclough -- Political rhetoric and citizenship in Coriolanus / Markku Peltonen -- Shakespeare and the best state of a commonwealth / Eric Nelson Afterword: Shakespeare and humanist culture / Quentin Skinner. |
| Summary |
This work examines Shakespeare's engagement with the characteristic questions of early modern political thought. It provides a broad introduction to the history of early modern political thought and covers the full range of Shakespeare's work. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Political and social views.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Political and social views. |
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Politics in literature.
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Politics in literature. |
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.
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Politics and literature. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Subject |
Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
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| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.
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Political science. |
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Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1500-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Armitage, David, 1965-
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Condren, Conal.
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Fitzmaurice, Andrew.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shakespeare and early modern political thought. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521768085 (DLC) 2009023524 (OCoLC)391411069 |
| ISBN |
9780511634871 (electronic book) |
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0511634870 (electronic book) |
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9780511635328 (electronic book) |
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051163532X (electronic book) |
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9780521768085 (hardback) |
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052176808X |
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9781107692503 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
9786612336843 |
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