Shakespeare, popularity and the public sphere

by Doty, Jeffrey S.

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Title Statements

Full title :Shakespeare, popularity and the public sphere / Jeffrey S. Doty.

Summary

"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 popular favour. Jeffrey S. Doty argues that in plays from Richard II to Coriolanus, Shakespeare made the tactics of popularity - and the wider public they addressed - vital aspects of politics. Shakespeare figured the public not as an extension of the royal court, but rather as a separate entity that, like the Globe's spectators who surrounded the fictional princes on its thrust stage, subjected their rulers to relentless scrutiny. For ordinary playgoers, Shakespeare's plays offered good practice for understanding the means and ends of popularity - and they continue to provide insight to the public relations strategies that have come to define modern political culture."

Machine generated contents note: 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

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017.

The Physical Object

Description:1 v. (VII-210 p.) ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781107163379, 1107163374
oclc:on1027784710
LC Classification:PR3017
Dewey Decimal:822.3/3

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

Subjects

16e siècle-17e siècle Angleterre (Grande-Bretagne) Criticism, interpretation, etc England History Idées politiques Literature and society Literature and society -- History -- 16… Literature and society -- History -- 17… Littérature et société -- Histoire -- 1… Littérature et société -- Histoire -- 1… Opinion publique Opinion publique dans la littérature Politics and literature Politics and literature -- History -- 1… Politics and literature -- History -- 1… Politics in literature Politique et littérature -- Histoire --… Politique et littérature -- Histoire --… Popularité -- Dans la littérature