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Author
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Date published
2009
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Political and social views.
Politics and literature Great Britain History 16th century
Politics and literature Great Britain History 17th century
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Accession number
83439951
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Class
65.08/SHA/EAR
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ISBN
9780521768085 (hbk.), 052176808X (hbk.)
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Language
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Physical description
xii, 289 p. ; 24 cm.
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Bibliography, etc. note: Includes index. Formatted contents note: 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. Uk-SuSCL. Contents: Counsel, succession and the politics of Shakespeare's sonnets / Cathy Schrank -- 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. Uk-SuSCL. Contents: 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 -- Afterwords: Shakespeare and the humanist culture / Quentin Skinner. Uk-SuSCL.