Shakespeare, Machiavelli, and Montaigne : power and subjectivity from Richard II to Hamlet
Grady, HughAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2002.
Hugh Grady argues that in analysing modern subjectivity Shakespeare re-produced not the ideas of Machiavelli, but those of Michel de Montaigne, that Renaissance definer of shifting identities and subjectivities and of complexly formed, sceptical knowledge.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hugh Grady argues that in analysing modern subjectivity Shakespeare re-produced not the ideas of Machiavelli, but those of Michel de Montaigne, that Renaissance definer of shifting identities and subjectivities and of complexly formed, sceptical knowledge.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592
Historical drama, English
Machiavellianism (Psychology) in literature
Power (Social sciences) in literature
Subjectivity in literature
English
English Literature
Languages & Literatures