The pragmatics of early modern politics : power and kingship in Shakespeare's history plays /
Kizelbach, Urszula,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-286) and index.
General introduction -- Part one: Power, kingship and history in the English Renaissance -- Introduction: Critical approaches to power, kingship and history in the English Renaissance -- Power, politics and the Elizabethan world picture in early modern England -- The Renaissance idea of kingship -- Shakespeare and the question of history -- part two: Is this kingship for real? Being a king, playing a king -- Introduction: Shakespeare's kings on stage, and Queen Elizabeth's role play in real life -- "A woeful pageant have we here beheld": actors on stage in Richard III and Richard II -- "I am Richard II, know ye not that?": Queen Elizabeth I and her political role playing -- part three. Power and pragmatics in action in Shakespeare's histories -- Introduction: Pragmatic strategies of performing kingship in the history plays -- The theoretical grounding of politeness and impoliteness -- "Charismas in conflict" in their struggle for power -- The pragmatics of politics and the reformation of Prince Hal in 1 and 2 Henry IV and Henry V conclusion.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Politics in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.