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Worldly Shakespeare : the theatre of our good will / Richard Wilson.

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A comprehensive rereading of Shakespeare's plays in light of current debates about free speech and toleration.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Wilson, Richard, 1950- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Globalization in literature.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on Texts
  • Introduction: No Offence in the World
  • 1 A Globe of Sinful Continents: Shakespeare Thinks the World
  • 2 Too Long for a Play: Shakespeare and the Wars of Religion
  • 3 Shakespeare in Hate: Performing the Virgin Queen
  • 4 No Enemy But Winter: Shakespeare's Rogue State
  • 5 Fools of Time: Shakespeare and the Martyrs
  • 6 Veiling an Indian Beauty: Shakespeare and the Hijab
  • 7 When Golden Time Convents: Shakespeare and the Shah
  • 8 Like an Olympian Wrestling: Shakespeare's Olympic Game.
  • 9 As Mice by Lions: Political Theology and Measure for Measure
  • 10 Incensing Relics: All's Well That Ends Well in Shakespeare's Spain
  • Epilogue: Flower Power in Bohemia
  • Index.

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