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Shakespeare's Politics: A Contextual Introduction

Robin Headlam Wells

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Shakespeare's Politics is an invaluable introduction to the political world of Shakespeare's plays. It includes passages from the plays together with extracts from contemporary historical and political documents. The clear, jargon-free narrative introduces and explains the extracts and provides an overview of the key political issues that were debated in late Elizabethan and early Stuart England. The introduction outlines the historical context in which Shakespeare wrote and explains the intellectual principles that informed early modern thinking about politics. By reading Shakespeare alongside contemporary documents students will be able to develop their own informed critical interpretations of the plays. Shakespeare's Politics is essential for anyone studying Shakespeare while tutors and postgraduate students will find the book's up-to-date survey of modern Shakespeare criticism useful and provocative.

Language: English

Pages: 248

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Release: March 06, 2009

ISBN: 0826493068

ISBN 13: 9780826493064

Shakespeare's Politics: A Contextual Introduction

Robin Headlam Wells

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Shakespeare's Politics is an invaluable introduction to the political world of Shakespeare's plays. It includes passages from the plays together with extracts from contemporary historical and political documents. The clear, jargon-free narrative introduces and explains the extracts and provides an overview of the key political issues that were debated in late Elizabethan and early Stuart England. The introduction outlines the historical context in which Shakespeare wrote and explains the intellectual principles that informed early modern thinking about politics. By reading Shakespeare alongside contemporary documents students will be able to develop their own informed critical interpretations of the plays. Shakespeare's Politics is essential for anyone studying Shakespeare while tutors and postgraduate students will find the book's up-to-date survey of modern Shakespeare criticism useful and provocative.

Language: English

Pages: 248

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Release: March 06, 2009

ISBN: 0826493068

ISBN 13: 9780826493064

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