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1 online resource (224 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Routledge library editions 48 Shakespeare
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History & politics ; 6
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History & politics ; 6.
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Routledge library editions. 48, Shakespeare.
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Cover; POWER ON DISPLAY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION Shakespeare and the scene of reading; 1 STAGING CARNIVAL Comedy and the politics of the aristocratic body; 2 RITUALS OF STATE History and the Elizabethan strategies of power; 3 THE THEATER OF PUNISHMENT Jacobean tragedy and the polities of misogyny; 4 FAMILY RITES City comedy, romance, and the strategies of patriarchalism; Notes; Index. |
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First published in 1986. 'Impressively open to the complexity of cultural discourses, to the ways in which one discursive form may function as a screen for another above all to the political entailment of genre.' Stephen Greenblatt. What is the relation between literary and political power? How do the symbolic dimensions of social practice and the social dimensions of artistic practice relate to one another? Power on Display considers Shakespeare's progression from romantic comedies and history plays to tragedy and romance in the light of the general pr. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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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 -- History -- 16th century.
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Politics in literature. |
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History. |
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16th century |
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Politics in literature -- History -- 17th century.
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17th century |
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Power (Social sciences) in literature.
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Power (Social sciences) in literature. |
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1500-1699 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Tennenhouse, Leonard, 1942- Power on display. London : Routledge, 2004 0415353157 (OCoLC)56759966 |
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9781135032708 (electronic book) |
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113503270X (electronic book) |
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0415353157 |
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9780415353151 |
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