The Third Citizen : Shakespeare's Theater and the Early Modern House of Commons.
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- 9780801893278
- Shakespeare, William,-1564-1616-Political and social views
- Shakespeare, William,-1564-1616-Knowledge-Rome
- Politics and literature-Great Britain-History-16th century
- Politics and literature-Great Britain-History-17th century
- Political plays, English-History and criticism
- Rome-In literature
- Great Britain-In literature
- 822.3/3
- PR3017.A48
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on References and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- ONE: Parliament in Shakespeare's England -- 1 "An epitome of the whole realme": Absorption and Representation in the Elizabethan and Jacobean House of Commons -- 2 Cade's Mouth: Swallowing Parliament in the First Tetralogy -- TWO: Political Representation in Shakespeare's Rome -- 3 "Their tribune and their trust": Political Representation, Property, and Rape in Titus Andronicus and The Rape of Lucrece -- 4 "Caesar is turn'd to hear": Theater, Popular Dictatorship, and the Conspiracy of Republicanism in Julius Caesar -- 5 "Worshipful mutineers": From Demos to Electorate in Coriolanus -- Epilogue. Losing Power, Losing Oneself: The Third Citizen and Tragedy -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations.
Representationalism and its subject mark the beginning of political modernity; Shakespeare's tragedies greet political representationalism with skepticism, bleakness, and despair.
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