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Catholics England History 16th century Catholics England Intellectual life Christianity and literature England History 16th century Historical drama, English History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM Shakespeare Literature and history Great Britain Political plays, English History and criticism Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare. Named Person: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Political and social views Politics and literature Great Britain History 16th century Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Political and social viewsAsquith, Clare.
Summary: "In sixteenth-century England many loyal subjects to the crown were asked to make a terrible choice: serve their monarch or their God. The schism between the Crown and the Catholic Church had widened from a theological dispute in the reign of Henry VIII to bitter political conflict under Elizabeth I. It was also the era of the greatest creative genius the world has ever known: William...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 ASQGreenblatt, Stephen
Summary: World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright's insight into bad (and often mad) rulers. As an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social causes, the psychological roots, and the twisted consequences of tyranny. In exploring the psyche (and psychoses) of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, Coriolanus, and the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018