Shakespeare's Body Parts: Figuring Sovereignty in the History Plays Contributor(s): Griffiths, Huw (Author) |
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ISBN: 1474448704 ISBN-13: 9781474448703 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Literary Criticism | Drama |
Dewey: 822.33 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (0.90 lbs) 160 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Uncovers the workings of sovereign power in Shakespeare's history plays
This book provides a sustained, formalist reading of the multiple body parts that litter the dialogue and action of Shakespeare's history plays, including Henry V, Richard III, Richard II, King John and Henry IV. With a starting point in literary critical analyses of these dislocated bodies, the book tracks Shakespeare's relentless pursuit of a specific political question: how does human flesh, blood and bone relate to sovereignty? Griffiths advances our understanding of how human bodies are captured by -- and escape -- the grip of political systems. |