The Tears of Sovereignty Perspectives of Power in Renaissance Drama /
Lorenz, Philip.
Lorenz examines the representation of sovereignty in canonical works of the Renaissance: Shakespeare's 'Richard II', 'Measure for Measure' and 'The Winter's Tale', Lope de Vega's 'Fuenteovejuna', and Calderón de la Barca's 'Life is a Dream'. Structured as a series of questions and answers regarding the concept of sovereignty, each chapter is organised around a key representational operation performed on a 'body' of power increasingly spectacularised, sacralised, de-sacralised, and, above all, troped in various ways.
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Lorenz examines the representation of sovereignty in canonical works of the Renaissance: Shakespeare's 'Richard II', 'Measure for Measure' and 'The Winter's Tale', Lope de Vega's 'Fuenteovejuna', and Calderón de la Barca's 'Life is a Dream'. Structured as a series of questions and answers regarding the concept of sovereignty, each chapter is organised around a key representational operation performed on a 'body' of power increasingly spectacularised, sacralised, de-sacralised, and, above all, troped in various ways.
Includes bibliographical references ( pages [345]-369) and index.
Introduction: The body is burning: Sovereignty, image, trope -- Breakdown: Analogy and ontotheology in Richard II -- Reanimation: The logic of transfer in Measure for measure -- Resistance: Waiting for power in Fuenteovejuna -- Transformation: The body moves out in life is a dream -- Return: The wrinkles of mystery in The winter's tale -- Conclusion: After-image.
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Power (Philosophy) in literature.
Sovereignty in literature.
Kings and rulers in literature.
Spanish drama
English drama