Shakespeare's Political Animal: Schema and Schemata in the Canon

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University of Delaware Press, 1990 - Drama - 164 pages
A brief and readable account of a major Renaissance idea, this book argues that throughout his career as a poet and playwright, Shakespeare consistently presents an image of human politics so idiosyncratic it could serve as his signature.
 

Contents

The Concept of the Machiavellian Ruler of Sonnet 94 and Its Discontents
21
Teaching the Sly Animal to Be Civil The Taming of the Shrew as Shakespeares Anatomy of Education
26
From Hal to Henry V The Deceptive Ruler and His Discontents
34
Leveling through Rivalry and Victimization
39
Remorse in Myself with His Words Shakespeares Schematic Picture of Factional Behavior
41
The Teeth of Emulation Failed Sacrifice in Shakespeares Julius Caesar
51
The Politics of Literary Borrowing and Exclusion
65
Publishing the Politics of Literary Expropriation Lyly and Marlowe in 1 Henry IV
67
Englands Sicily and Shakespeares Critique of Gallantry in Much Ado about Nothing
97
What Rusts the Soul Shakespeares Macbeth and the Invention of the Conscience
105
Ideal Solutions and Their Discontents
115
Shakespeares Critique of the Mirage of the Green World in As You Like It and The Winters Tale
117
Hierarchy and Freedom in the New World Duke Prosperos Education in the Yare
127
Ulysses Political Thoughts and Action in Reverse
135
Notes
139
Bibliography
153

Exorcizing the Moral Jonsonian Citizen Comedy in Shakespeares Twelfth Night or What You Will
76
Sacrificing the Mysteries Dismembering the Text in Early Criticism of Shakespeares Julius Caesar
88
SelfDestructive Tyranny in Oligarchy and Monarchy
95
Index
159
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TitleShakespeare's Political Animal: Schema and Schemata in the Canon
AuthorAlan Hager
PublisherUniversity of Delaware Press, 1990
ISBN0874133718, 9780874133714
Length164 pages
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Drama / Shakespeare
Literary Criticism / Shakespeare
  
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