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Shakespeare and the Dramaturgy of Power / John D. Cox.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 967Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1989Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (302 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691608389
  • 9781400860012
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 822.3/3
LOC classification:
  • PR3017 -- C68 1989eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE. POWER AND THEORY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 1. Centralized Power and Christian Political Realism: Fifth Century and Sixteenth -- Chapter 2. Libido Dominandi and Potentia Humilitatis: The Medieval Dramaturgy of Power -- Chapter 3. Tudor Power and the New Fashion -- Chapter 4. Deconstructive Comedy -- Chapter 5. Inventing Secular History: The Henry VI Plays -- Chapter 6. The Elizabethan Hal -- Chapter 7. Power and Archaic Dramaturgy in All's Well That Ends Well -- Chapter 8. Style, Goodness, and Power in Measure for Measure -- Chapter 9. Tragedy: Noble Weakness -- Chapter 10. Ruling Taste and the Late Plays -- Afterword: Power and Art -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED -- INDEX
Summary: Ranging over all the dramatic genres in the Shakespearean canon, this book focuses on plays where medieval drama most clearly illuminates Shakespeare's treatment of political power and social privilege.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE. POWER AND THEORY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 1. Centralized Power and Christian Political Realism: Fifth Century and Sixteenth -- Chapter 2. Libido Dominandi and Potentia Humilitatis: The Medieval Dramaturgy of Power -- Chapter 3. Tudor Power and the New Fashion -- Chapter 4. Deconstructive Comedy -- Chapter 5. Inventing Secular History: The Henry VI Plays -- Chapter 6. The Elizabethan Hal -- Chapter 7. Power and Archaic Dramaturgy in All's Well That Ends Well -- Chapter 8. Style, Goodness, and Power in Measure for Measure -- Chapter 9. Tragedy: Noble Weakness -- Chapter 10. Ruling Taste and the Late Plays -- Afterword: Power and Art -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED -- INDEX

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Ranging over all the dramatic genres in the Shakespearean canon, this book focuses on plays where medieval drama most clearly illuminates Shakespeare's treatment of political power and social privilege.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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