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Shakespeare, violence and early modern Europe / Andrew Hiscock.

Author/creator Hiscock, Andrew, 1962- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Copyright Notice ̐u2022
Descriptionx, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents 'Touching violence or punishments' : Walter Ralegh and the economy of aggression -- 'Undoing all, as all had never been' : the play of violence in Henry VI -- In the realm of the 'unthankful King' : violent subjects and subjectivities in the Henry IV plays -- 'Now thrive the armourers' : Henry V and the promise of 'Hungry war' -- 'The childe of his great mistris favour, but the sonne of Bellona' : the conflict-ridden careers of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex -- European afterlives 1600-1700.
Abstract "Shakespeare, Violence and Early Modern Europe broadens our understanding of the final years of the last Tudor monarch, revealing the truly international context in which they must be understood. Uncovering the extent to which Shakespeare's dramatic art intersected with European politics, Andrew Hiscock brings together close readings of the history plays, compelling insights into late Elizabethan political culture and renewed attention to neglected continental accounts of Elizabeth I. With fresh perspective, the book charts the profound influence that Shakespeare and ambitious courtiers had upon succeeding generations of European writers, dramatists and audiences following the turn of the sixteenth century. Informed by early modern and contemporary cultural debate, this book demonstrates how the study of early modern violence can illuminate ongoing crises of interpretation concerning brutality, victimization and complicity today"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Hiscock, Andrew, 1962- Shakespeare, violence and early modern Europe Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 9781108909464
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
LCCN 2021039277
ISBN9781108830188
ISBN1108830188 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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