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100 1 $aAsquith, Clare.
245 10$aShakespeare and the resistance :$bthe Earl of Southampton, the Essex Rebellion, and the poems that challenged Tudor tyranny /$cClare Asquith.
250 $aFirst edition.
260 $aNew York :$bPublicAffairs,$c2018.
300 $axvi, 256 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates :$bcolor ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aShakespeare's largely misunderstood narrative poems contain within them an explosive commentary on the political storms convulsing his country The 1590s were bleak years for England. The queen was old, the succession unclear, and the treasury empty after decades of war. Amid the rising tension, William Shakespeare published a pair of poems dedicated to the young Earl of Southampton: Venus and Adonis in 1593 and The Rape of Lucrece a year later. Although wildly popularduring Shakespeare's lifetime, to modern readers both works are almost impenetrable. But in her enthralling new book, the Shakespearean scholar Clare Asquith reveals their hidden contents: two politically charged allegories of Tudor tyrannythat justified-and even urged-direct action against an unpopular regime. The poems were Shakespeare's bestselling works in his lifetime, evidence that they spoke clearly to England's wounded populace and disaffected nobility, and especially to their champion, the Earl of Essex. Shakespeare and the Resistance unearths Shakespeare's own analysis of a political and religious crisis which would shortly erupt in armed rebellion on the streets of London. Using the latest historical research, it resurrects the story of a bold bid for freedom of conscience and an end to corruption that was erased from history by the men who suppressed it. This compelling reading situates Shakespeare at the heart of the resistance movement.
600 10$aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$xPolitical and social.
600 10$aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$xPoetic works.
600 10$aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616.$tVenus and Adonis.
600 10$aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616.$tRape of Lucrece.
600 17$aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616.
650 0$aPolitics and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y16th.
650 0$aPolitical poetry, English$xHistory and criticism.