Shakespeare, popularity and the public sphere /

In late Elizabethan England, political appeals to the people were considered dangerously democratic, even seditious. The commons were supposed to have neither political voice nor will. Yet such appeals happened so often that the regime coined the word 'popularity' to condemn the pursuit of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Doty, Jeffrey S. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation. Public opinion in literature. Politics and literature > England > History > 16th century. Politics and literature > England > History > 17th century. Literature and society > England > History > 16th century. Literature and society > England > History > 17th century. Politics in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction; 2. Richard II and the early modern public sphere; 3. Henry IV, the theater, and the popular appetite; 4. Political interpretation in Julius Caesar; 5. Measure for Measure and the problem of popularity; 6. Coriolanus the popular man; Conclusion.