Shakespeare: Poet and Citizen (Record no. 35729)
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| fixed length control field | 02120nam a2200265 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780860913924 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0860913929 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 822.33 |
| Item number | KIE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Kiernan, Victor |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Shakespeare: Poet and Citizen |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London: |
| Name of publisher | Verso, |
| Year of publication | 1993. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | ix, 261 p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Including Bibliography & Index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part I - A Time Out of Joint<br/>Part II - The Histories<br/>Part III - Experiments<br/>Part IV - The Comedies<br/>Part V - Life Unfolding |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In this book the distinguished historian Victor Kiernan makes a case for seeing Shakespeare as a writer profoundly sensitive to the great social and political upheavals through which he lived. Shakespeares poetic and dramatic achievement, Kiernan argues, was not something which transcended his environment but was directly enlarged by his civic consciousness and his critical reactions to a changing social fabric. <br/><br/>Shakespeares phase of dramatic activity coincides with the first challenges to the institution of monarchy. Kiernan analyses the cycle of History plays in the light of the demise of feudal allegiances and the emergence of the modern state apparatus. He shows how the far-reaching transformations in social hierarchy which simultaneously began to take place are crucial to an understanding of the Comedies, in which confusion of identity, disguise and cross-dressing are central. And he examines the ways in which womens roles are affected by this nascent individualism, especially in relation to the ideas of romantic love around which the Comedies revolve. <br/><br/>Shakespeare: Poet and Citizen draws a vivid portrait of the outstanding dramatist of modernity. Lucid, scholarly and absorbing, it will be a rich resource for both students and the general reader. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political and social views |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Literature and society |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Politics and literature |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Great Britain |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political plays, English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political poetry, English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Social problems in literature |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 24/07/1997 | Purchased | 1040.00 | 822.33 KIE | 004264 | Reference Books |