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Will Morrisey again considers the political dimensions of literary classics, as previously seen in Melville’s Ship of State (2019). His attention to Shakespeare’s comedies is a reader’s and playgoer’s delight.

INTRODUCTORY NOTE: The Politic Character of Shakespeare’s Comedy
PART ONE: THREE REGIMES: OLIGARCHY, ARISTOCRACY, MONARCHY
Chapter One: Shakespearean Comedy: Two Points on the Compass
Chapter Two: Gentlemen and Gentlemanliness
Chapter Three: Royal Dreaming

PART TWO: THE RULE OF LAW
Chapter Four: Comic Errors, Legal Slapstick
Chapter Five: What Will You?

PART THREE: THE COMEDY OF MORALS
Chapter Six: Taming Our Shrewishness
Chapter Seven: What Does Shakespeare Mean When He Says, “As You Like It”?

PART FOUR: THE COMEDY OF POLITICS
Chapter Eight: Is All Well That Ends Well?
Chapter Nine: The Geopolitics of Love
Chapter Ten: The Wisest Beholder

SHAKESPEARE’S POLITIC MERRIMENT

Shakespeare′s Politic Comedy

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      Publisher: St Augustine's Press
      Publication Date: 04/08/2023
      ISBN13: 9781587318474, 978-1587318474
      ISBN10: 1587318474
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      Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600 Politics and government

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Will Morrisey again considers the political dimensions of literary classics, as previously seen in Melville’s Ship of State (2019). His attention to Shakespeare’s comedies is a reader’s and playgoer’s delight.

      INTRODUCTORY NOTE: The Politic Character of Shakespeare’s Comedy
      PART ONE: THREE REGIMES: OLIGARCHY, ARISTOCRACY, MONARCHY
      Chapter One: Shakespearean Comedy: Two Points on the Compass
      Chapter Two: Gentlemen and Gentlemanliness
      Chapter Three: Royal Dreaming

      PART TWO: THE RULE OF LAW
      Chapter Four: Comic Errors, Legal Slapstick
      Chapter Five: What Will You?

      PART THREE: THE COMEDY OF MORALS
      Chapter Six: Taming Our Shrewishness
      Chapter Seven: What Does Shakespeare Mean When He Says, “As You Like It”?

      PART FOUR: THE COMEDY OF POLITICS
      Chapter Eight: Is All Well That Ends Well?
      Chapter Nine: The Geopolitics of Love
      Chapter Ten: The Wisest Beholder

      SHAKESPEARE’S POLITIC MERRIMENT

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