Shakespeare's body parts figuring sovereignty in the history plays /
Griffiths, Huw, 1970-
Shakespeare's body parts figuring sovereignty in the history plays / Huw Griffiths. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Shakespeare's Body Parts -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction: The Baroque Body Parts of Henry VI Part Two -- 1 Richard II as Robinson Crusoe: Sovereignty and the Impossibility of Solitude -- 2 Necks, Throats and Windpipes in Henry V: Sovereignty Translated -- 3 Prosthetic Hands in King John -- 4 Copious Sovereignty in the Henry IV Plays -- 5 'My kingdom for a horse': Bestial Sovereignty in Richard III -- Bibliography -- Index
This book provides a sustained, formalist reading of the multiple body parts that litter the dialogue and action of Shakespeare's history plays.
9781474448727
Human body in literature.
Electronic Books.
PR3069 / .S535 2020
Shakespeare's body parts figuring sovereignty in the history plays / Huw Griffiths. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Shakespeare's Body Parts -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction: The Baroque Body Parts of Henry VI Part Two -- 1 Richard II as Robinson Crusoe: Sovereignty and the Impossibility of Solitude -- 2 Necks, Throats and Windpipes in Henry V: Sovereignty Translated -- 3 Prosthetic Hands in King John -- 4 Copious Sovereignty in the Henry IV Plays -- 5 'My kingdom for a horse': Bestial Sovereignty in Richard III -- Bibliography -- Index
This book provides a sustained, formalist reading of the multiple body parts that litter the dialogue and action of Shakespeare's history plays.
9781474448727
Human body in literature.
Electronic Books.
PR3069 / .S535 2020