Free Will : art and power on Shakespeare's stage /

A study of theatre and sovereignty that situates Shakespeare's plays in the contraflow between two absolutisms of early modern England: the aesthetic and the political.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wilson, Richard, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Political and social views.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Aesthetics.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Sovereignty in literature.
Souveraineté dans la littérature.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Aesthetics.
Political and social views.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The picture of nobody: Shakespeare in the time of the political
  • Welsh roots: Shakespeare's brute part
  • O World: the echoes of Rome in Julius Caesar
  • Denmark's a prison: Hamlet and the rules of art
  • Great stage of fools: King Lear and the King's men
  • Double trouble: Regime change in Macbeth
  • Your crown's awry: the visual turn in Antony and Cleopatra
  • Like an eagle in a dovecot: the intrusion of the time into the play
  • No sovereignty: Shakespeare's voyage to Greece.

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