Andy Wood discusses “‘Brave minds and hard hands’: Drama and Social Relations in the Hungry 1590’s”. Wood is Professor of Social History at Durham University. This talk was included in the session titled, “Class Rebellion in Henry VI Part Two”.

Rethinking Shakespeare in the Social Depths of Politics

“Brave minds and hard hands”: Drama and Social Relations in the Hungry 1590’s

The “new social history” has exploded the myth that Shakespeare’s society comprised a culture of obedience. Repositioning his works in the popular politics of his period, social historians and literary critics reassess Shakespeare’s presentation of power and authority.

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Rethinking Shakespeare in the Social Depths of Politics