| Description |
264 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
I. Introduction: Reading Shakespeare Historically -- II. Demanding History. 1. Shakespeare after Theory. 2. Are We Being Interdisciplinary Yet? -- III. The Text in History. 3. The Mechanics of Culture: Editing Shakespeare Today. 4. Shakespeare in Print. 5. "Killed with Hard Opinions": Oldcastle and Falstaff and the Reformed Text of 1 Henry IV -- IV. The Text as History. 6. "Proud Majesty Made a Subject": Representing Authority on the Early Modern Stage. 7. "The King hath many marching in his Coats," or, What did you do in the War, Daddy? 8. Is There a Class in This (Shakespearean) Text? 9. Macbeth and the "Name of King" 10. "The Duke of Milan / And his Brave Son": Old Histories and New in The Tempest -- V. Coda: The Closing of the Theaters. 11. "Publike Sports" and "Publike Calamities": Plays, Playing, and Politics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-257) and index |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism, Textual.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- History.
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Historicism.
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Literature and history -- England -- History -- 16th century.
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Literature and history -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056783 -- Historiography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
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Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056786 -- Historiography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
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| LC no. |
98048531 |
| ISBN |
041590112X |
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0415901138 |
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