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Shakespeare S Politics
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Author : Allan Bloom
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1964
Shakespeare S Politics written by Allan Bloom and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Drama categories.
Taking the classical view that the political shapes man's consciousness, Allan Bloom considers Shakespeare as a profoundly political Renaissance dramatist. He aims to recover Shakespeare's ideas and beliefs and to make his work once again a recognized source for the serious study of moral and political problems. In essays looking at Julius Caesar, Othello, and The Merchant of Venice, Bloom shows how Shakespeare presents a picture of man that does not assume privileged access for only literary criticism. With this claim, he argues that political philosophy offers a comprehensive framework within which the problems of the Shakespearean heroes can be viewed. In short, he argues that Shakespeare was an eminently political author. Also included is an essay by Harry V. Jaffa on the limits of politics in King Lear. "A very good book indeed . . . one which can be recommended to all who are interested in Shakespeare." —G. P. V. Akrigg "This series of essays reminded me of the scope and depth of Shakespeare's original vision. One is left with the impression that Shakespeare really had figured out the answers to some important questions many of us no longer even know to ask."-Peter A. Thiel, CEO, PayPal, Wall Street Journal Allan Bloom was the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor on the Committee on Social Thought and the co-director of the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy at the University of Chicago. Harry V. Jaffa is professor emeritus at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate School.
Shakespeare And Politics
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Author : Bruce E. Altschuler
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014
Shakespeare And Politics written by Bruce E. Altschuler and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Politics in literature categories.
William Shakespeare, more than any other author, was able to capture the essence of human nature in all its manifestations. His political plays offer enduring insights into our humanity, our vanity, our noble and baser drives, what makes us great, and what makes us loathsome. He tells us about ourselves and about our world. This volume gleans valuable lessons from the writings of William Shakespeare and applies them to contemporary politics. Original chapters covering over a dozen different plays take up perennial political themes including power and leadership, corruption and virtue, war and peace, evil and liberty, persuasion and polarization, and empire and global overreach.Features of the text:
Shakespeare And Politics
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Author : Catherine M. S. Alexander
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-09-02
Shakespeare And Politics written by Catherine M. S. Alexander and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
Selection of sixteen provocative and stimulating essays on the complex subject of Shakespeare and politics.
Tyrant Shakespeare On Politics
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Author : Stephen Greenblatt
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2018-05-08
Tyrant Shakespeare On Politics written by Stephen Greenblatt and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
"Brilliant, beautifully organized, exceedingly readable."—Philip Roth World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright’s insight into bad (and often mad) rulers. Examining the psyche—and psychoses—of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the disasters visited upon the societies over which these characters rule. Tyrant shows that Shakespeare’s work remains vitally relevant today, not least in its probing of the unquenchable, narcissistic appetites of demagogues and the self-destructive willingness of collaborators who indulge them.
Shakespeare S Politics
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Author : Robin Headlam Wells
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2009-01-06
Shakespeare S Politics written by Robin Headlam Wells and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
Shakespeare's Politics is an invaluable introduction to the political world of Shakespeare's plays. It includes passages from the plays together with extracts from contemporary historical and political documents. The clear, jargon-free narrative introduces and explains the extracts and provides an overview of the key political issues that were debated in late Elizabethan and early Stuart England. The introduction outlines the historical context in which Shakespeare wrote and explains the intellectual principles that informed early modern thinking about politics. By reading Shakespeare alongside contemporary documents students will be able to develop their own informed critical interpretations of the plays. Shakespeare's Politics is essential for anyone studying Shakespeare while tutors and postgraduate students will find the book's up-to-date survey of modern Shakespeare criticism useful and provocative.
Perspectives On Politics In Shakespeare
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Author : John Albert Murley
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2006
Perspectives On Politics In Shakespeare written by John Albert Murley and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Drama categories.
Shows us that Shakespeare's poetic imagination displays the essence of politics and inspires reflection on the fundamental questions of statesmanship and political leadership. This book explores themes such as classical republicanism and liberty, the rule of law and morality, the nature and limits of statesmanship, and the character of democracy.
Shakespeare And Politics
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Author : Bruce E. Altschuler
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-11-17
Shakespeare And Politics written by Bruce E. Altschuler and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-17 with Education categories.
William Shakespeare, more than any other author, was able to capture the essence of human nature in all its manifestations. His political plays offer enduring insights into our humanity, our vanity, our noble and baser drives, what makes us great, and what makes us loathsome. He tells us about ourselves and about our world. This volume gleans valuable lessons from the writings of William Shakespeare and applies them to contemporary politics. Original chapters covering over a dozen different plays take up perennial political themes including power and leadership, corruption and virtue, war and peace, evil and liberty, persuasion and polarization, and empire and global overreach.Features of the text:
Shakespeare Politics And The State
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Author : Robin Headlam Wells
language : en
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Release Date : 1986
Shakespeare Politics And The State written by Robin Headlam Wells and has been published by MacMillan Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Critique categories.
Shakespeare S Politics
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Author : Robin Headlam Wells
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Shakespeare S Politics written by Robin Headlam Wells and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Political plays, English categories.
Written in an accessible, jargon-free style, this book is an introduction to the political and historical context to Shakespeare's tragedy and history plays.
Shakespeare And The Political Way
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Author : Elizabeth Frazer
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-08-30
Shakespeare And The Political Way written by Elizabeth Frazer and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-30 with Political Science categories.
Studies of Shakespeare and politics often ask the question whether his dramas are on the side of aristocratic or monarchical sovereign authority, or are on the side of those who resist; whether he endorses a standard view of male and patriarchal authority, or whether his cross-dressing heroines put him among feminist thinkers. Scholars also show that Shakespeare's representations of rule, revolt, and arguments about laws and constitutions draw on and allude to stories and real events that were contemporaneous for him, as well as historical ones. Building on scholarship about Shakespeare and politics, this book argues that Shakespeare's representations and stagings of political power, sovereignty, resistance, and controversy are more complex. The merits of political life, as opposed to life governed by monetary exchange, religious truth, supernatural power, military heroism, or interpersonal love, are rehearsed in the plots. And the clashing and contradictory meanings of politics — its association with free truthful speech but also with dishonest hypocrisy, with open action and argument as much as occult behind the scenes manoevring — are dramatized by him, to show that although violence, lies, and authoritarianism do often win out in the world there is another kind of politics, and a political way that we would do well to follow when we can. The book offers original readings of the characters and plots of Shakespeare's dramas in order to illustrate the subtlety of his pictures of political power, how it works, and what is wrong and right with it.