Citizen Shakespeare - Freemen and Aliens in the Language of the Plays (Paperback, 1st ed. 2005)

Shakespeare was not a citizen of London. But the language of his plays is shot through with the concerns of London 'freemen' and their wives, the diverse commercial class that nevertheless excluded adult immigrants from country towns and northern Europe alike. This book combines London historiography, close reading, and recent theories of citizen subjectivity to demonstrate for the first time that Shakespeare's plays embody citizen and alien identities despite their aristocratic settings. Through three chapters, the book points out where the city shadows the country scenes of the major comedies, shows how London's trades animate the 'civil butchery' of the history plays, ans explains why England's metropolis becomes the fractured Rome of tragedy,

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500-1700
Release date:	September 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	J. Archer
Dimensions:	216 x 140mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	211
Edition:	1st ed. 2005
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-52970-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
LSN:	1-349-52970-2
Barcode:	9781349529704

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