Making make-believe real : politics as theater in Shakespeare's time
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014.
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
ix, 414 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Shakespeare's plays abound with kings and leaders who crave a public stage and seize every opportunity to make their lives a performance: Antony, Cleopatra, Richard III, Othello, and many others. Such self-dramatizing characters appear in the work of other playwrights of the era as well, Marlowe's Edward II and Tamburlaine among them. But Elizabethan playwrights were not alone in realizing that a sense of theater was essential to the exercise of power. Real rulers knew it, too, and none better than Queen Elizabeth. In this fascinating study of political stagecraft in the Elizabethan era, Garry Wills explores a period of vast cultural and political change during which the power of make-believe to make power real was not just a theory but an essential truth. Wills examines English culture as Catholic Christianity's rituals were being overturned and a Protestant queen took the throne. New iconographies of power were necessary for the new Renaissance liturgy to displace the medieval church-state. The author illuminates the extensive imaginative constructions that went into Elizabeth's reign and the explosion of great Tudor and Stuart drama that provided the imaginative power to support her long and successful rule"--,Provided by publisher.
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LC Subjects
English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
Politics and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Politics and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Politics in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
Politics and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Politics and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Politics in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wills, G. (2014). Making make-believe real: politics as theater in Shakespeare's time . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wills, Garry, 1934-. 2014. Making Make-believe Real: Politics As Theater in Shakespeare's Time. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wills, Garry, 1934-. Making Make-believe Real: Politics As Theater in Shakespeare's Time Yale University Press, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wills, Garry. Making Make-believe Real: Politics As Theater in Shakespeare's Time Yale University Press, 2014.
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