An edition of Shakespeare's monarchies (1997)

Shakespeare's monarchies

ruler and subject in the romances

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An edition of Shakespeare's monarchies (1997)

Shakespeare's monarchies

ruler and subject in the romances

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Constance Jordan looks at how Shakespeare, through his romances, contributed to the cultural debates over the nature of monarchy in Jacobean England. Stressing the differences between absolutist and constitutionalist principles of rule, Jordan reveals Shakespeare's investment in the idea that a head of state should be responsive to law, and not be governed by his unbridled will.

Conflicts within royal courts which occur in the romances show wives, daughters, and servants resisting tyrannical husbands, fathers, masters, and monarchs by relying on the authority of conscience. Shakespeare's Monarchies recognizes the romances as politically inflected texts and confirms Shakespeare's involvement in the public discourse of the period.

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Cornell University Press
Language
English
Pages
224

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Subjects

Characters, English Political plays, History, History and criticism, Kings and rulers, Kings and rulers in literature, Monarchy in literature, Political plays, English, Politics and literature, Tragicomedies, Tragicomedy, Tragikomödie, Recht, Motiv (Literatur), Drama, Politiek, Romanzen, König, Untertan, Herrscher, Koningen (vorsten), Leiders, Politik und Gesellschaft, Motiv, Monarchie, English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, tragicomedies, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, political and social views

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William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Places

Great Britain

Times

17th century

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Cover of: Shakespeare's Monarchies
Shakespeare's Monarchies: Ruler and Subject in the Romances
October 1999, Cornell University Press
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Cover of: Shakespeare's monarchies
Shakespeare's monarchies: ruler and subject in the romances
1997, Cornell University Press
in English
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Ithaca, N.Y

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
822.3/3
Library of Congress
PR2981.5 .J67 1997, PR2981.5.J67 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 224 p. ;
Number of pages
224

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OL667910M
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shakespearesmona00jord
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0801428289
LCCN
97013665
OCLC/WorldCat
36755831
Library Thing
149750
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3840956

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SOUTHWARK, 1611. PLAYGOERS PATRONIZING THE GLOBE HAD A CHANCE to see two new plays by William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale and The Tempest.
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