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Shakespeare and the dramaturgy of power /

Ranging over all the dramatic genres in the Shakespearean canon, this book focuses on plays where medieval drama most clearly illuminates Shakespeare's treatment of political power and social privilege.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand tec...

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Main Authors: Cox, John D.
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, N.J. :
Publication Dates: [1989]
©1989
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Christian drama, English (Middle) > History and criticism.
English drama > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Political plays, English > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Anglo-American Literature, general.
Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
English drama.
Literary Studies.
Literature in Diverse Languages.
Literature.
Political and social views.
Political plays, English.
Politics and literature.
Power (Christian theology) in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Englische Literatur.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400860012
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Summary: Ranging over all the dramatic genres in the Shakespearean canon, this book focuses on plays where medieval drama most clearly illuminates Shakespeare's treatment of political power and social privilege.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Carrier Form: 1 online resourc (300 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781400860012
Index Number: PR3017
CLC: I561.073
Contents: Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
PREFACE. POWER AND THEORY --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
Chapter 1. Centralized Power and Christian Political Realism: Fifth Century and Sixteenth --
Chapter 2. Libido Dominandi and Potentia Humilitatis: The Medieval Dramaturgy of Power --
Chapter 3. Tudor Power and the New Fashion --
Chapter 4. Deconstructive Comedy --
Chapter 5. Inventing Secular History: The Henry VI Plays --
Chapter 6. The Elizabethan Hal --
Chapter 7. Power and Archaic Dramaturgy in All's Well That Ends Well --
Chapter 8. Style, Goodness, and Power in Measure for Measure --
Chapter 9. Tragedy: Noble Weakness --
Chapter 10. Ruling Taste and the Late Plays --
Afterword: Power and Art --
ABBREVIATIONS --
NOTES --
WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED --
INDEX.

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