| Citizen Shakespeare: Freemen and Aliens in the Language of the Plays 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Archer, J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349529702 ISBN-13: 9781349529704 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500-1700 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.64 lbs) 211 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Shakespeare was not a citizen of London. But the language of his plays is shot through with the concerns of London 'freemen' and their wives, the diverse commercial class that nevertheless excluded adult immigrants from country towns and northern Europe alike. This book combines London historiography, close reading, and recent theories of citizen subjectivity to demonstrate for the first time that Shakespeare's plays embody citizen and alien identities despite their aristocratic settings. Through three chapters, the book points out where the city shadows the country scenes of the major comedies, shows how London's trades animate the 'civil butchery' of the history plays, ans explains why England's metropolis becomes the fractured Rome of tragedy, |