Shakespeare and the Politics of Nostalgia: Negotiating the Memory of Elizabeth I on the Jacobean Stage 9781350067233, 1350067237

Shakespeare and the Politics of Nostalgia: Negotiating the Memory of Elizabeth I on the Jacobean Stage 9781350067226, 9781350067257, 9781350067240

In 1603, Queen Elizabeth I died and King James I inherited the English throne. During James’s reign, England continued t

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How Shakespeare Put Politics on the Stage 9780300222715, 9780300225662, 0300225660

This work presents an analysis of how Shakespeare's plays intersected with the politics and culture of Elizabethan

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How Shakespeare Put Politics on the Stage: Power and Succession in the History Plays 9780300225662

A masterful, highly engaging analysis of how Shakespeare’s plays intersected with the politics and culture of Elizabetha

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John Lowin and the English Theatre, 1603-1647: Acting and Cultural Politics on the Jacobean and Caroline Stage 9781317110644, 9781409452676

Even for scholars who have devoted their careers to the early modern theatre, the name John Lowin may not instantly evok

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1603: The Death of Queen Elizabeth I, the Return of the Black Plague, the Rise of Shakespeare, Piracy, Witchcraft, and the Birth of the Stuart Era

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Manufacturing religion: the discourse on sui generis religion and the politics of nostalgia 9780195166637, 9780195105032, 9780195355680

In this new book, author Russell McCutcheon offers a powerful critique of traditional scholarship on religion, focusing

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Shakespeare On Stage and Off 9780228000068

Essays for all readers on new directions in Shakespearean performance, adaptation, and criticism. Essays for all reade

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The Politics and Reception of Rabindranath Tagore's Drama: The Bard on the Stage 9781138804623, 9781315752860

This is the first volume to focus specifically on Rabindranath Tagore’s dramatic literature, visiting translations and a

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The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power [Second Edition] 9780812207729

With a new introduction that situates the original edition within the emerging genre of cultural biography, the second e

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The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power 0812207726, 9780812207729

In her famous speech to rouse the English troops staking out Tilbury at the mouth of the Thames during the Spanish Armad

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