Shakespeare's Politics: A Contextual Introduction

Wells, Robin Headlam

ISBN 10: 0826493068 / ISBN 13: 9780826493064

Published by Continuum, 2009

Seller Inventory # 0826493068-3-35001380

Synopsis:

Shakespeares Politics is an invaluable introduction to the political world of Shakespeares 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. Shakespeares Politics is essential for anyone studying Shakespeare while tutors and postgraduate students will find the books up-to-date survey of modern Shakespeare criticism useful and provocative.

About the Author: Robin Headlam Wells is Emeritus Professor of Renaissance Literature at Roehampton University, London. His publications include Elizabethan Mythologies (Cambridge University Press, 1994), Shakespeare on Masculinity (Cambridge University Press, 2000), and Shakespeare's Humanism (Cambridge University Press, 2005).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Shakespeare's Politics: A Contextual ...
Publisher: Continuum
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good
Edition: 2nd Edition