Shakespearean territories

Elden, Stuart, 1971- author.

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Shakespeare was an astute observer of contemporary life, culture, and politics. The emerging practice of territory as a political concept and technology did not elude his attention. In Shakespearean Territories, Stuart Elden reveals just how much Shakespeare's unique historical position and political understanding can teach us about territory. Shakespeare dramatized a world of technological advances in measuring, navigation, cartography, and surv...

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English drama 17th century History and criticism

English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism

Geography in literature

Geopolitics in literature

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Criticism and interpretation

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Themes, motives

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ISBN:

9780226559193

Description:

viii, 338 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Divided territory: the geo-politics of King Lear
Vulnerable territories: regional geopolitics in Hamlet and Macbeth
The territories: majesty and possession in King John
Economic territories: laws, economies, agriculture, and banishment in Richard II
Legal territories: conquest and contest in Henry V and Edward III
Colonial territories: from The Tempest to the Eastern Mediterranean
Measuring territories: the techniques of rule
Corporeal territories: the political bodies of Coriolanus
Outside territory: the forest in Titus Andronicus and As You Like It
Coda: Beyond pale territories

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2018004669

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2644577

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