Shakespeare's Body Parts : : Figuring Sovereignty in the History Plays /

Shakespeare's Body Parts : : Figuring Sovereignty in the History Plays / / Huw Griffiths.

Uncovers the workings of sovereign power in Shakespeare’s history plays Presents a sustained, formalist reading of Shakespeare’s history playsReads Shakespeare’s history plays for their contribution to political thought, and to theories of sovereigntyDelivers a thorough and wide-ranging formal analy...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Griffiths, Huw,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (160 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The Baroque Body Parts of Henry VI Part Two
  • 1. Richard II as Robinson Crusoe: Sovereignty and the Impossibility of Solitude
  • 2. Necks, Throats and Windpipes in Henry V: Sovereignty Translated
  • 3. Prosthetic Hands in King John
  • 4. Copious Sovereignty in the Henry IV Plays
  • 5. ‘My kingdom for a horse’: Bestial Sovereignty in Richard III
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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