Shakespeare's Politic Comedy

Shakespeare's Politic Comedy

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Publisher's Synopsis

Will Morrisey again considers the political dimensions of literary classics, as previously seen in Melville's Ship of State (2019). His attention to Shakespeare's comedies is a reader's and playgoer's delight. 

INTRODUCTORY NOTE: The Politic Character of Shakespeare's Comedy
PART ONE: THREE REGIMES: OLIGARCHY, ARISTOCRACY, MONARCHY
Chapter One: Shakespearean Comedy: Two Points on the Compass
Chapter Two: Gentlemen and Gentlemanliness
Chapter Three: Royal Dreaming

PART TWO: THE RULE OF LAW
Chapter Four: Comic Errors, Legal Slapstick
Chapter Five: What Will You?

PART THREE: THE COMEDY OF MORALS
Chapter Six: Taming Our Shrewishness
Chapter Seven: What Does Shakespeare Mean When He Says, "As You Like It"?

PART FOUR: THE COMEDY OF POLITICS
Chapter Eight: Is All Well That Ends Well?
Chapter Nine: The Geopolitics of Love
Chapter Ten: The Wisest Beholder

SHAKESPEARE'S POLITIC MERRIMENT

Book information

ISBN: 9781587318474
Publisher: St. Augustine Press
Imprint: Saint Augustine's Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 822.33
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 260
Weight: 456g
Height: 159mm
Width: 237mm
Spine width: 19mm