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Shakespeare and early modern political thought / edited by David Armitage, Conal Condren and Andrew Fitzmaurice.

  • Accession number

    83439951

  • Class

    65.08/SHA/EAR

  • ISBN

    9780521768085 (hbk.), 052176808X (hbk.)

  • Language

    English

  • 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.