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Shakespeare's Body Parts: Figuring Sovereignty in the History Plays

By Huw Griffiths
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By Huw Griffiths
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Uncovers the workings of sovereign power in Shakespeare’s history plays
Presents a sustained, formalist reading of Shakespeare’s history playsReads Shakespeare’s history plays for their contribution to political thought, and to theories of sovereigntyDelivers a thorough and wide—ranging formal analysis of Shakespearean body parts, both literal and figurativePresents a particular view of Shakespeare’s language—use as "baroque", its convolutions contributing to complex articulations of sovere...

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LiteratureLiterary CriticismDrama - Literary CriticismEnglish LiteratureEuropean LiteratureGeneral & Miscellaneous Drama - Literary CriticismEnglish Fiction & Prose Literature - General & Miscellaneous - Literary CriticismEnglish Drama - 16th-17th Century - Elizabethan & Jacobean Eras - Shakespeare - Literary CriticismRenaissance European Literature - Literary Criticism