Shakespeare Beyond the Green World: Drama and Ecopolitics in Jacobean Britain: by Todd Andrew Borlik, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2023, xiv + 290 pp., £85.00 (hardback), ISBN 9780192866639.

"Shakespeare Beyond the Green World: Drama and Ecopolitics in Jacobean Britain" by Todd Andrew Borlik is a study that explores Shakespeare's engagement with the environmental politics of early Stuart Britain. The book argues that Shakespeare's plays warn against environmental mismanagement and 'eco-hubris' through cautionary tales. It examines the exploitation of the environment under James VI and I, and how Shakespeare's plays reflect the environmental challenges of his time. The study covers ten of Shakespeare's Jacobean plays and analyzes their connections to Stuart environmental politics. Overall, the book offers a compelling environmental history of the early seventeenth century. [Extracted from the article]