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Article Excerpt
Shadowplay: The Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare. By Clare Asquith. New York: PublicAffairs. 2005. xvii + 348 pp. 18.99 [pounds sterling]. isbn: 978-1-58648-316-6.
Shakespeare and Republicanism. By Andrew Hadfield. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2005. xiii + 363 pp. 53 [pounds sterling]. isbn: 978-0-521-81607-6.
As someone who has been reassured, comforted even, by Terence Hawkes's 'Shakespeare doesn't mean: we mean by Shakespeare' (Meaning by Shakespeare, 1992), it is salutary to be reminded how significant the author and authorial intent (plus its adjunct--speculative and selective biography) remain for some. Intent, biography, and thus 'meaning', accessed through 'hidden plot', 'hidden work', 'hidden language', 'hidden levels', 'hidden code', 'key', 'secret[s]', and unearthing that which has been 'concealed' form the basis of Clare Asquith's conviction that Shakespeare was a political and religious dissident. Perhaps 'conviction criticism' is the best label for the work: it is going to fall foul not...
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