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Goslicius' Ideal Senator and His Cultural Impact Over the Centuries

其他書名	Shakespearean Reflections
出版	Polska Akademia Umiejętności, 2009
ISBN	83767601069788376760100
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=1jc7AQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋A monographic study of Laurentius Grimalius Goslicius' political treatise De Optimo Senatore (first edition Venice, 1568), its place in Polish and European cultural, legal and constitutional history, and an analysis of its English translations. The volume presents a detailed examination of the hypothesis put forward in 1904 the De Optimo Senatore was Shakespeare's source for the character of Polonius in Hamlet and the conjecture of a Polish connection behind the closing of the theatres in 1597. The author has accessed source materials preserved in Poland and hitherto not taken into account in mainstream Shakespeare research (facsimile reproductions of original documents attached in an appendix), which have enabled her to verify the validity of the claims but also to put forward new explanations for the Polish references in Hamlet, narrow down the generally accepted interval for the dating of parts of the Q2 version of Hamlet, and offer a new explanation for the Q1/Q2 problem. This books adopts a broad interdisciplinary approach to Renaissance studies focused on one 16th-century publication, and will be of interest to scholars of translation studies and media research; cultural, legal and constitutional history; and Shakespeareologists. It presents Shakespeare and the English theatres as a European cultural phenomenon already in the dramatist's lifetime, and suggests that a broader opening up to source materials preserved throughout Europe, including non-English-speaking countries, may bring startling new facts to throw light on many of the enigmas concerning Shakespeare and his oeuvre. -- Page [4] of cover.