Linked by focused readings of 'Hamlet' and 'Henriad', the essays in this text follow Shakespeare's two most famous royal sons, the Princes Hamlet and Hal, as they haunt contemporary political psychology in the early years of a new millennium, and especially in the aftermath of S…
"Namesake princes and presidents; stolen thrones and elections; plutocrats and insurgents; campaign trails and war-mongering, waning monarchy and imperiled democracy; and revengers, early modern and postmodern - these themes drive this provocative study of Shakespeare's legacy i…
"Namesake princes and presidents; stolen thrones and elections; plutocrats and insurgents; campaign trails and war-mongering, waning monarchy and imperiled democracy; and revengers, early modern and postmodern - these themes drive this provocative study of Shakespeare's legacy i…