Pericles/Cymbeline/The Two Noble Kinsmen

Pericles/Cymbeline/The Two Noble Kinsmen

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-11-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0451530357

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The plays collected here follow: the journeys of Pericles, Prince of Tyre; the political and romantic betrayals of Cymbeline - a chieftain of ancient times; and a work based on Chaucer's The Knight's Tale.


Shakespeare's Monarchies

Shakespeare's Monarchies

Author: Constance Jordan

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2019-05-15

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1501744437

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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. These loyal subjects demonstrated to Shakespeare's diverse audiences that the vitality of the body politic, its dynastic future, and its material productivity depend on a cooperative union of ruler and subject. Drawing on representations of servitude and slavery in the humanist and political literature of the period, Jordan shows that Shakespeare's abusive rulers suffer as much as they impose on their subjects. Shakespeare's Monarchies recognizes the romances as politically inflected texts and confirms Shakespeare's involvement in the public discourse of the period.


The Routledge Guide to William Shakespeare

The Routledge Guide to William Shakespeare

Author: Robert Shaughnessy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 506

ISBN-13: 1136855033

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Demystifying and contextualising Shakespeare for the twenty-first century, this book offers both an introduction to the subject for beginners as well as an invaluable resource for more experienced Shakespeareans. In this friendly, structured guide, Robert Shaughnessy: introduces Shakespeare’s life and works in context, providing crucial historical background looks at each of Shakespeare’s plays in turn, considering issues of historical context, contemporary criticism and performance history provides detailed discussion of twentieth-century Shakespearean criticism, exploring the theories, debates and discoveries that shape our understanding of Shakespeare today looks at contemporary performances of Shakespeare on stage and screen provides further critical reading by play outlines detailed chronologies of Shakespeare’s life and works and also of twentieth-century criticism The companion website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/shaughnessy contains student-focused materials and resources, including an interactive timeline and annotated weblinks.


Shakespeare's Dialectic of Hope

Shakespeare's Dialectic of Hope

Author: Hugh Grady

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-05-19

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1009098098

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Shakespeare was fascinated by power throughout his career but also understood its dangers and limits. Utopian visions were his solution.