Shakespeare's Political Animal: Schema and Schemata in the CanonA 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. |
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Contents
Preface | 9 |
Acknowledgments | 15 |
The Concept of the Machiavellian Ruler of Sonnet 94 | 21 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Shakespeare's Political Animal: Schema and Schemata in the Canon |
| Author | Alan Hager |
| Publisher | University of Delaware Press, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0874133718, 9780874133714 |
| Length | 164 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / General |
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