Shakespeare's political imagination : the historicism of setting

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Shakespeare's political imagination : the historicism of setting

Philip Goldfarb Styrt

The Arden Shakespeare, 2023, c2022

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Shakespeare's Political Imagination argues that to better understand Shakespeare's plays it is essential to look at the historicism of setting: how the places and societies depicted in the plays were understood in the period when they were written. This book offers us new readings of neglected critical moments in key plays, such as Malcolm's final speech in Macbeth and the Duke's inaction in The Merchant of Venice, by investigating early modern views about each setting and demonstrating how the plays navigate between those contemporary perspectives. Divided into three parts, this book explores Shakespeare's historicist use of medieval Britain and Scotland in King John and Macbeth; ancient Rome in Julius Caesar and Coriolanus; and Renaissance Europe through Venice and Vienna in The Merchant of Venice, Othello and Measure for Measure. Philip Goldfarb Styrt argues that settings are a powerful component in Shakespeare's worlds that not only function as physical locations, but are a mechanism through which he communicates the political and social orders of the plays. Reading the plays in light of these social and political contexts reveals Shakespeare's dramatic method: how he used competing cultural narratives about other cultures to situate the action of his plays. These fresh insights encourage us to move away from overly localized or universalized readings of the plays and re-discover hidden moments and meanings that have long been obscured.

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Introduction The European Past: Rome 1. Julius Caesar, Factions and the End of the Roman Republic 2. Coriolanus and the Tribunes in the Early Roman Republic The British Past: Medieval England and Scotland 3. King John, the Magna Carta and the Medieval English Monarchy 4. Macbeth, Thanes and Medieval Scottish Feudalism Contemporary Europe: The Venetian Republic 5.The Merchant of Venice and the Weak Dukes of Venice 6. Othello, Soft Power and the Search for Truth Conclusion: Measure for Measure, Topicality and Performance Notes Bibliography Index

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