The regal phantasm : Shakespeare and the politics of spectacle
Drawing together three Shakespearean plays, "The Regal Phantasm" explores the relationship between theatre and power in the English Renaissance. Pye explores theatre's role in forming a distinct theory of sovereignty and political subjectivity.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
ix, 198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780415015752, 0415015758
19589446
1. Mock sovereignty : Henry V
2. Theatricality and power
3. The betrayal of the gaze : Richard II
4. The spectacle of punishment
5. Macbeth and the politics of rapture