{"product_id":"shakespeares-body-parts-huw-griffiths-9781474448710","title":"Shakespeare's Body Parts: Figuring Sovereignty in the History Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eUncovers the workings of sovereign power in Shakespeare's history plays \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a sustained, formalist reading of Shakespeare's history plays\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReads Shakespeare's history plays for their contribution to political thought, and to theories of sovereignty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDelivers a thorough and wide-ranging formal analysis of Shakespearean body parts, both literal and figurative\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a particular view of Shakespeare's language-use as \"baroque\", its convolutions contributing to complex articulations of sovereign will\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCapitalises on current theories of authorship in relation to the history plays in order to assess Shakespeare's particular contribution to how sovereignty is imagined in the late sixteenth century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book provides a sustained, formalist reading of the multiple body parts that litter the dialogue and action of Shakespeare's history plays, including \u003ci\u003eHenry V, Richard III, Richard II, King John\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHenry IV\u003c\/i\u003e. With a starting point in literary critical analyses of these dislocated bodies, the book tracks Shakespeare's relentless pursuit of a specific political question: how does human flesh, blood and bone relate to sovereignty? Griffiths advances our understanding of how human bodies are captured by -- and escape -- the grip of political systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Huw Griffiths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474448712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474448710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.35d","brand":"Huw Griffiths","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128279462143,"sku":"9781474448710","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67bae2fd-9668-40bd-be28-493f82ee1279.jpg?v=1687457893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakespeares-body-parts-huw-griffiths-9781474448710","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}