Griffiths, Huw,  1970- <br/><br/>
Shakespeare's body parts  figuring sovereignty in the history plays / 
Huw Griffiths. 
 - Edinburgh :  Edinburgh University Press,  (c)2020. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> This book provides a sustained, formalist reading of the multiple body parts that litter the dialogue and action of Shakespeare's history plays. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781474448727 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human body in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR3069  / .S535 2020