Shakespeare, popularity and the public sphere / Jeffrey S. Doty.
Shakespeare, popularity and the public sphere / Jeffrey S. Doty.
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Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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G 2017/1076
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English
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vii, 210 pages ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Richard II and the early modern public sphere; 3. Henry IV, the theater, and the popular appetite; 4. Political interpretation in Julius Caesar; 5. Measure for Measure and the problem of popularity; 6. Coriolanus the popular man; Conclusion.
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Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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"In late Elizabethan England, political appeals to the people were considered dangerously democratic, even seditious: the commons were supposed to have neither political voice nor will. Yet such appeals happened so often that the regime coined the word 'popularity' to condemn the pursuit of popular favour. Jeffrey S. Doty argues that in plays from...
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Shakespeare, popularity and the public sphere / Jeffrey S. Doty.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/1076
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74VKV772W2RZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV772W2RZ
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ISBN
1107163374 hardcover
9781107163379 hardcover
DDC
822.33
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991024065016202626
