Shakespeare's Politics is an invaluable introduction to the political world of Shakespeare's plays. It includes passages from the plays together with extracts from contemporary historical and political documents. The clear, jargon-free narrative introduces and explains the extracts and provides an overview of the key political issues that were debated in late Elizabethan and early Stuart England. The introduction outlines the historical context in which Shakespeare wrote and explains the intellectual principles that informed early modern thinking about politics. By reading Shakespeare alongside contemporary documents students will be able to develop their own informed critical interpretations of the plays. Shakespeare's Politics is essential for anyone studying Shakespeare while tutors and postgraduate students will find the book's up-to-date survey of modern Shakespeare criticism useful and provocative.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9780826493057
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95957891
Product Key Features
Book Title
Shakespeare's Politics: a Contextual Introduction
Author
Robin Headlam Wells
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2009
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
138mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Robin Headlam Wells
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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