{"product_id":"hamlets-choice-peter-lake-9780300247817","title":"Hamlet's Choice: Religion and Resistance in Shakespeare's Revenge Tragedies","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn illuminating account of how Shakespeare worked through the tensions of Queen Elizabeth's England in two canon-defining plays\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Conspiracies and revolts simmered beneath the surface of Queen Elizabeth's reign. England was riven with tensions created by religious conflict and the prospect of dynastic crisis and regime change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this rich, incisive account, Peter Lake reveals how in \u003ci\u003eTitus Andronicu\u003c\/i\u003es and \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e Shakespeare worked through a range of Tudor anxieties, including concerns about the nature of justice, resistance, and salvation. In both \u003ci\u003eHamlet \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTitus\u003c\/i\u003e the princes are faced with successions forged under questionable circumstances and they each have a choice: whether or not to resort to political violence. The unfolding action, Lake argues, is best understood in terms of contemporary debates about the legitimacy of resistance and the relation between religion and politics. Relating the plays to their broader political and polemical contexts, Lake sheds light on the nature of revenge, resistance, and religion in post-Reformation England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300247818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300247817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2021","brand":"Peter Lake","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50778786791679,"sku":"9780300247817","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hamlets-choice-peter-lake-9780300247817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}