Shakespeare's theater and the early modern House of Commons /
Oliver Arnold
Baltimore, Md. :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2007
xii, 308 p., [6] p. of plates :
ill. ;
24 cm
Parallax
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-293) and index
"An epitome of the whole realme" : absorption and representation in the Elizabethan and Jacobean House of Commons -- Cade's mouth : swallowing Parliament in the first tetralogy -- "Their tribune and their trust" : political representation, property, and rape in Titus Andronicus and The rape of Lucrece -- "Caesar is turn'd to hear" : theater, popular dictatorship, and the conspiracy of republicanism in Julius Caesar -- "Worshipful mutineers" : from Demos to electorate in Coriolanus
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Shakespeare, William,1564-1616-- Knowledge-- Rome
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616-- Political and social views
Political plays, English-- History and criticism
Politics and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 16th century
Politics and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century