文档介绍：S H A K E S P E A R E A N D
EARLY MODERN
POLITICAL THOUGHT
Th is is the fi rst collaborative volume to place Shakespeare’s works
within the landscape of early modern political thought. Until
recently, literary scholars have not generally treated Shakespeare as
a participant in the political thought of his time, unlike his contem-
poraries Ben Jonson, Edmund Spenser and Philip Sidney. At the
same time, historians of political thought have rarely turned their
attention to major works of poetry and drama. A distinguished
international and interdisciplinary team of contributors exam-
ines the full range of Shakespeare’s writings in order to challenge
conventional interpretations of plays central to the canon, such as
Hamlet; open up novel perspectives on works rarely considered to
be political, such as the s; and focus on those that have been
largely neglected, such as Th e Merry Wives of Windsor . Th e result
is a coherent and challenging portrait of Shakespeare’s distinctive
engagement with the characteristic questions of early modern pol-
itical thought: among them, corruption and citizenship, education
and persuasion, the hazards of the court and the demands of the
commonwealth.
is the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History
at Harvard University.
is a Scientia Professor Emeritus at the University
of New South Wales and an Honorary Professor at the Centre for
the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland.
is Associate Professor of History at the
University of Sydney.
S H A K E S P E A R E A N D
EARLY MODERN
POLITICAL THOUGHT
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A N D R E W F I T Z M A U R I C E
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