TY  - BOOK
N2  - Examines possible hidden code terms and double meanings in Shakespeare's plays, which the author maintains was the playwright's way of registering his dissent to the political situation in Elizabethan England.
N2  - "In sixteenth-century England many loyal subjects to the crown were asked to make a terrible choice: serve their monarch or their God. The schism between the Crown and the Catholic Church had widened from a theological dispute in the reign of Henry VIII to bitter political conflict under Elizabeth I. It was also the era of the greatest creative genius the world has ever known: William Shakespeare. How, then, was it possible that such a remarkable man born into such violently volatile times should apparently make no comment about the state of England in his work? He did. But it was hidden." "Clare Asquith traces the common code used covertly by dissident writers in the sixteenth century to discuss the tribulations of their time, and reveals that the acknowledged master of this forgotten art form was William Shakespeare. Constantly attacking and exposing a regime that he believed had seized illegal control of the country he loved, Shakespeare's work, seen from this new perspective, offers a revelatory insight into the politics and personalities of his era."--Jacket.
AB  - Examines possible hidden code terms and double meanings in Shakespeare's plays, which the author maintains was the playwright's way of registering his dissent to the political situation in Elizabethan England.
AB  - "In sixteenth-century England many loyal subjects to the crown were asked to make a terrible choice: serve their monarch or their God. The schism between the Crown and the Catholic Church had widened from a theological dispute in the reign of Henry VIII to bitter political conflict under Elizabeth I. It was also the era of the greatest creative genius the world has ever known: William Shakespeare. How, then, was it possible that such a remarkable man born into such violently volatile times should apparently make no comment about the state of England in his work? He did. But it was hidden." "Clare Asquith traces the common code used covertly by dissident writers in the sixteenth century to discuss the tribulations of their time, and reveals that the acknowledged master of this forgotten art form was William Shakespeare. Constantly attacking and exposing a regime that he believed had seized illegal control of the country he loved, Shakespeare's work, seen from this new perspective, offers a revelatory insight into the politics and personalities of his era."--Jacket.
T1  - Shadowplay :the hidden beliefs and coded politics of William Shakespeare /
AU  - Asquith, Clare.
CN  - PR3017
ID  - 1413423
KW  - Politics and literature
KW  - Literature and history
KW  - Christianity and literature
KW  - Historical drama, English
KW  - Political plays, English
KW  - Catholics
KW  - Catholics
KW  - Politique et littérature
KW  - Littérature et histoire
KW  - Christianisme et littérature
KW  - Théâtre historique anglais
KW  - Théâtre politique anglais
KW  - Catholiques
KW  - Catholiques
KW  - Catholics.
KW  - Catholics
KW  - Christianity and literature.
KW  - Historical drama, English.
KW  - Literature and history.
KW  - Political and social views.
KW  - Political plays, English.
KW  - Politics and literature.
KW  - Religion.
KW  - Dissenters
KW  - Religion
KW  - Politik
KW  - Dissident
SN  - 1586483161
SN  - 9781586483166
SN  - 1586483870
SN  - 9781586483876
SN  - 9781541774292
SN  - 1541774299
TI  - Shadowplay :the hidden beliefs and coded politics of William Shakespeare /
ER  -