Shakespeare and Renaissance Politics (Arden Critical Companions)

by Andrew Hadfield (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  2003

  $45.29

  Shakespeare, like many of his contemporaries, was concerned with the question of the succession and the legitimacy of the monarch. From the early plays through the histories to Hamlet, Shakespeare's work is haunted by the problem of political legitimacy. Shakespeare and Reniassance Politics examines his works as political events and interventions, and explores the literature of the Renaissance and its relation to fundamental political issues.