Kiséry, András. Hamlet's moment : drama and political knowledge in early modern England

Folger bibliographic ID: 352911
Folger call number: PR678.P65 K57 2016
Folger holdings ID: 501444

Edition

First edition

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-318) and index

Contents

Introduction : Hamlet's moment -- I. Hamlet and the profession of politics. 'The wiser sort' : the distinction of politics and Gabriel Harvey's Machiavellian Hamlet ; Some travellers return : diplomatic writing, political careers, and the world of Hamlet ; 'I lack advancement' : political agents and political servants in Hamlet's moment -- II. Political knowledge and the public stage in Hamlet's moment. 'Vile and vulgar admirations' : Chapman and the public of political news ; 'The most matter with best conceyt' : the publics of Tacitean observation and the margins of politics in Jonson's Sejanus ; 'For discourse's sake merely' : political conversation on the stage and off

Extended title: Hamlet's moment : drama and political knowledge in early modern England / András Kiséry

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet English drama Politics in literature Politicians in literature

author: Kiséry, András