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Shakespeare and Republicanism

Shakespeare and Republicanism

Hadfield, Andrew

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Literary CriticismGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0521718007
ISBN13: 9780521718004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 8 2008
Pages: 380
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Andrew Hadfield reveals for the first time exactly how Shakespeare was influenced by contemporary strands in political thought critical of the English crown. Although he was often seen as a conservative political thinker characterized by an over-riding fear of the 'mob', Hadfield argues that Shakespeare's writing actually emerged out of an intellectual milieu fascinated by republican ideas. From the 1590s onwards, he explored republican themes in his poetry and plays: political assassination, elected government, alternative constitutions, and, perhaps most importantly of all, the problem of power without responsibility.

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