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9780195979091
This is a historicist study constituting a significant departure from the New Historicist or "cultural" approach to Shakespeare. It examines the question of genre in relation to identity, time and power in the play against the backdrop of the Renaissance in Europe. It looks at identity as a typically Renaissance phenomenon: a theatrical construct alternating between the Machiavellian and the Castiglionesque.Hussain, Adrian A. is the author of 'Politics And Genre In "Hamlet" ' with ISBN 9780195979091 and ISBN 0195979095.
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