An innovative book looking at how London influenced Shakespeare's drama and how it is so often the true city at the heart of his plays, be it Venice, Rome or even Prospero's Island. Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page --...
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An innovative book looking at how London influenced Shakespeare's drama and how it is so often the true city at the heart of his plays, be it Venice, Rome or even Prospero's Island. Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTE ON THE TEXT -- A CHRONOLOGY OF SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE AND EARLY MODERN LONDON -- Introduction: Shakespeare's London -- Shakespeare in London -- 'So many little worlds in her': London's multitudes -- 'All the world's a stage': The Globe as microcosm -- Mapping our journey through Shakespeare's London -- 1 Violence in Shakespeare's London: Titus Andronicus (1594) and Tyburn -- Introduction -- The settings of Titus Andronicus -- Violence in Shakespeare's London -- Titus Andronicus and the violent language of martyrdom -- Meaningful death: Edmund Campion and Bassanius -- Martyring Lavinia: The silence of Anne Askew -- 'Lend me thy hand': Titus and the death of Thomas Cranmer -- 'No funeral rite': Death and the Reformation in Shakespeare's London -- 2 Politics in Shakespeare's London: Richard II (1595) and Whitehall -- Introduction -- Whitehall: Political networks in Shakespeare's London -- Inclusion and exclusion: Court politics and royal favour -- 'Ascend his throne | Descending now from him': Chiasmus in Richard II -- Richard uncrowned: Westminster hall and the king's two bodies -- 3 Class in Shakespeare's London: Romeo and Juliet (1595-6) and The Strand -- Introduction -- Walls, gardens and plate: Objects and spaces of class -- Master, servant and Queen (Mab) -- What's in a name? -- 4 Law in Shakespeare's London: The Merchant of Venice (1596-8) and the Inns of Court -- Introduction -- Shakespeare and the law -- Inns of Court -- Different kinds of law in conflict in The Merchant of Venice -- 5 Religion in Shakespeare's London: Hamlet (1600-1) and St Paul's -- Introduction -- Paul's Walk and the interplay of sacred and secular -- Faith interrupted: Images, rites and religious change.
Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON THE TEXT; A CHRONOLOGY OF SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE AND EARLY MODERN LONDON; Introduction: Shakespeare's London; Shakespeare in London; 'So many little worlds in her': London's multitudes; 'All the world's a stage': The Globe as microcosm; Mapping our journey through Shakespeare's London; 1 Violence in Shakespeare's London: Titus Andronicus (1594) and Tyburn; Introduction; The settings of Titus Andronicus; Violence in Shakespeare's London
Titus Andronicus and the violent language of martyrdomMeaningful death: Edmund Campion and Bassanius; Martyring Lavinia: The silence of Anne Askew; 'Lend me thy hand': Titus and the death of Thomas Cranmer; 'No funeral rite': Death and the Reformation in Shakespeare's London; 2 Politics in Shakespeare's London: Richard II (1595) and Whitehall; Introduction; Whitehall: Political networks in Shakespeare's London; Inclusion and exclusion: Court politics and royal favour; 'Ascend his throne
Richard uncrowned: Westminster hall and the king's two bodies3 Class in Shakespeare's London: Romeo and Juliet (1595-6) and The Strand; Introduction; Walls, gardens and plate: Objects and spaces of class; Master, servant and Queen (Mab); What's in a name?; 4 Law in Shakespeare's London: The Merchant of Venice (1596-8) and the Inns of Court; Introduction; Shakespeare and the law; Inns of Court; Different kinds of law in conflict in The Merchant of Venice; 5 Religion in Shakespeare's London: Hamlet (1600-1) and St Paul's; Introduction; Paul's Walk and the interplay of sacred and secular
Faith interrupted: Images, rites and religious changeReading Hamlet (and Hamlet) in St Paul's Churchyard; 6 Medicine in Shakespeare's London: King Lear (1605-6) and Bedlam; Introduction; Medicine in Shakespeare's London; Medicine in King Lear; King Lear's complaint; Bedlam in King Lear; 7 Economics in Shakespeare's London: Timon of Athens (1607) and the King's Bench Prison, Southwark; Introduction; Credit and debt in Shakespeare's London; Theatre economics; Southwark: Outside the City walls; Southwark's prisons; 8 Experimentation in Shakespeare's London: The Tempest (1610-11) and Lime Street
IntroductionLime Street; Brave New World; Prospero's experiments; Knowledge and experience in The Tempest; Theatrical experimentation; Epilogue: Henry VIII (1613) and the Tower of London; The Tower in Henry VIII; Succession in Henry VIII; Conclusion; WORKS CITED; SUGGESTED FURTHER READING; INDEX
