War and Nation in the Theatre of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries /

War and Nation in the Theatre of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries / / Simon Barker.

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This original study explores a vital aspect of early modern cultural history: the way that warfare is represented in the theatre of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The book contrasts the Tudor and Stuart prose that called for the establishment of a standing army in the name of nation, discipline...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Barker, Simon,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2007
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Part I Introductory Worlds
  • 1 ‘KEEP IT DARK’
  • 2 IN THEATRE
  • Part II Commitment
  • 3 GOOD FRIDAY, 1513
  • 4 ‘THE DOUBLE-ARMED MAN’
  • Part III Shakespeare and the Wars
  • 5 ‘WE BAND OF BROTHERS’
  • 6 THE EXIT STRATEGY
  • Part IV Refusal
  • 7 GENTLER CRAFTS
  • 8 BEYOND HISTORY
  • 9 THE ABANDONED SOLDIER
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING
  • INDEX

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