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Title: 'Dressed in a Little Brief Authority': Authority Before, During, and After Shakespeare's Plays
Author(s): Vine, Angus
Halsey, Katie
Contact Email: katherine.halsey@stir.ac.uk
Editor(s): Halsey, K
Vine, A
Citation: Vine A & Halsey K (2018) 'Dressed in a Little Brief Authority': Authority Before, During, and After Shakespeare's Plays. In: Halsey K & Vine A (eds.) Shakespeare and Authority: Citations, Conceptions and Constructions. Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57853-2_1
Keywords: Shakespeare
cultural authority
linguistic authority
canon formation
theatre
drama
history
textual authority
Issue Date: 31-Dec-2018
Date Deposited: 24-Jan-2018
Series/Report no.: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
Abstract: This essay discusses the concept of authority from Shakespeare’s time to our own, considers examples of Shakespeare’s own explorations of authority, and provides a concise history of the ways in which Shakespeare has been constructed as cultural authority in different historical periods. It summarises the essays contained in the book, and argues that the book illuminates not only how Shakespeare became the archetypal figure of English cultural authority, but, perhaps more interestingly, why.
Rights: This item has been embargoed for a period. During the embargo please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author. You can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study. In Halsey, K and Vine, A (eds.), Shakespeare and Authority: Citations, Conceptions and Constructions, 2018, Palgrave Macmillian, reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan Accepted for publication in published by Palgrave Macmillan. This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9781137578525
DOI Link: 10.1057/978-1-137-57853-2_1

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