edited by David Armitage, Conal Condren and Andrew Fitzmaurice.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
1 online resource (xii, 289 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 --Counsel, succession and the politics of Shakespeare's Sonnets / Cathy Shrank -- 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 -- 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 Afterword: Shakespeare and humanist culture / Quentin Skinner.
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This work examines Shakespeare's engagement with the characteristic questions of early modern political thought. It provides a broad introduction to the history of early modern political thought and covers the full range of Shakespeare's work.
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Shakespeare and early modern political thought.
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Shakespeare, William,1564-1616-- Political and social views.
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.
Political science-- Great Britain-- History-- 16th century.
Political science-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
Politics and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 16th century.
Politics and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.