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Political and comic characters of Shakespeare
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Year: 1965 Publisher: London : New York : Macmillan; St Martin's Press,

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State of play : British politics on screen, stage and page, from Anthony Trollope to The thick of it
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ISBN: 1849669805 Year: 2023 Publisher: London, England : Bloomsbury Academic,

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A State of Play explores how the British have imagined their politics, from the parliament worship of Anthony Trollope to the cynicism of The Thick of It . In an account that mixes historical with political analysis, Steven Fielding argues that fictional depictions of politics have played an important but insidious part in shaping how the British think about their democracy and have helped ventilate their many frustrations with Westminster. He shows that dramas and fictions have also performed a significant role in the battle of ideas, in a way undreamt of by those who draft party manifestos.

Zur Identitätsthematik bei Robert Penn Warren : d. Ermittlung d. Ich in All the king's men
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ISBN: 3261026081 Year: 1978 Volume: 12 Publisher: Frankfurt am Main ;Bern,Las Vegas : Lang,

Le miroir ottoman : une image politique des hommes dans la littérature géographique espagnole et française (XVIe-XVIIe siècles)
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ISSN: 01530364 ISBN: 2840502739 9782840502739 Year: 2003 Volume: 4 Publisher: Paris : Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne,

The False Traitor
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ISBN: 144268125X 9781442681255 0802047602 9780802047601 0802083145 9780802083142 Year: 2003 Publisher: Toronto

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The most comprehensive treatment of the representations of Louis Riel in Canadian literature, The False Traitor will be a seminal work in the study of this popular Canadian figure.


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A state of play : British politics on screen, stage and page, from Anthony Trollope to The thick of it
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ISBN: 1780933169 1849669783 1849669813 147254501X Year: 2014 Publisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic,

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"A State of Play explores how the British have imagined their politics, from the parliament worship of Anthony Trollope to the cynicism of The Thick of It. In an account that mixes historical with political analysis, Steven Fielding argues that fictional depictions of politics have played an important but insidious part in shaping how the British think about their democracy and have helped ventilate their many frustrations with Westminster. He shows that dramas and fictions have also performed a significant role in the battle of ideas, in a way undreamt of by those who draft party manifestos. The book examines the work of overtly political writers have treated the subject, discussing the novels of H.G. Wells, the comedy series Yes, Minister and the plays of David Hare. However, it also assesses how less obvious sources, such as the films of George Formby, the novels of Agatha Christie, the Just William stories and situation comedies like Steptoe and Son, have reflected on representative democracy. A State of Play is an invaluable, distinctive and engaging guide to a new way of thinking about Britain's political past and present."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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