The Politics of Shakespeare

by Derek Cohen and Cohen James

Book Overview

This book is an attempt to explore Shakespearean drama from the vantage point of the oppressed, invisible, and silent individuals and collectivities constructed in the plays. It examines the ideological apparatuses which produce and naturalise oppression and the political structures through which that oppression is sustained. Derek Cohen is concerned to demonstrate the many ways in which political and personal life, always interdependent, intersect...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312101872
• ISBN13: 9780312101879
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.9"