This title offers an introduction to the political and historical
context to Shakespeare's tragedy and history plays, written in an
accessible, jargon-free style."Shakespeare's Politics" is an
invaluable introduction to the political world of Shakespeare's
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. "Shakespeare's
Politics" is essential for anyone studying Shakespeare while tutors
and postgraduate students will find the book's up-to-date survey of
modern Shakespeare criticism useful and provocative.
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