{"product_id":"virgil-and-the-tempest-donna-b-hamilton-9780814253229","title":"Virgil and The Tempest: The Politics of Imitation","description":"\u003ci\u003eVirgil and \u003cb\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new assessment of the art and politics of Shakespeare's comic masterpiece by examining its relationship to both the contemporary political context and to Virgil's \u003ci\u003eAeneid.\u003c\/i\u003e Challenging the view that \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e supports the absolutist theories and policies of King James I, Donna Hamilton instead shows how the play represents an argument for a limited monarchy. Virgil and James I each represent a set of symbols and idioms that Shakespeare appropriates for his own use in \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e. In the process, he pays homage to their respective eminence and brings them into dialogical relation with each other, changing the language to suit his purposes. This means rewriting the \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e to suit a new time and situation, and it means subtly altering the king's language to present a strong argument for constitutionalism. Scholars who have emphasized the \"transcendent\" Shakespeare have sometimes failed to recognize the playwright's passion for resistance, a passion nowhere more cunningly present than in \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e. Hamilton analyzes Shakespeare's practice of rhetorical imitation in \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e by comparing him to other Renaissance imitators of Virgil. She also considers three contemporary political issues-the situation of the royal children, the 1610 parliamentary debates on royal prerogative, and the colonization projects in Virginia and Ireland-and their bearing on the play. The result is a fresh contribution to the current interest in Shakespeare's relationship to the courts of Elizabeth I and James I. \u003cb\u003eDonna Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donna B. Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814253229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814253229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d","brand":"Donna B. Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47452532113663,"sku":"9780814253229","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8520930-742f-4dae-a345-8b5ca2ea6106.jpg?v=1761928984","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/virgil-and-the-tempest-donna-b-hamilton-9780814253229","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}