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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.
Tyrant
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Author : Stephen Greenblatt
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2019-05-14
Tyrant written by Stephen Greenblatt and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-14 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 their appetites.
Shakespeare S Freedom
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Author : Stephen Greenblatt
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010
Shakespeare S Freedom written by Stephen Greenblatt 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 2010 with Literary Criticism categories.
With the elegance and verve for which he is well known, Greenblatt, author of the bestselling "Will in the World," shows that Shakespeare was strikingly averse to such absolutes as scripture, monarch, and God, and constantly probed the possibility of freedom from them.
Will In The World
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Author : Stephen Greenblatt
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-03-31
Will In The World written by Stephen Greenblatt and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-31 with Literary Criticism categories.
Stephen Greenblatt's Will in the World is widely recognised to be the fullest and most brilliant account ever written of Shakespeare's life, his work and his age. Shakespeare was a man of his time, constantly engaging with his audience's deepest desires and fears, and by reconnecting with this historic reality we are able to experience the true character of the playwright himself. Greenblatt traces Shakespeare's unfolding imaginative generosity - his ability to inhabit others, to confer upon them his own strength of spirit, to make them truly live as independent beings as no other artist has ever done. Digging deep into the vital links between the playwright and his world, Will in the World provides the fullest account ever written of the living, breathing man behind the masterpieces.
Tyranny In Shakespeare
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Author : Mary Ann McGrail
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2002
Tyranny In Shakespeare written by Mary Ann McGrail and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Drama categories.
Even the most explicitly political contemporary approaches to Shakespeare have been uninterested by his tyrants as such. But for Shakespeare, rather than a historical curiosity or psychological aberration, tyranny is a perpetual political and human problem. Mary Ann McGrail's recovery of the playwright's perspective challenges the grounds of this modern critical silence. She locates Shakespeare's expansive definition of tyranny between the definitions accepted by classical and modern political philosophy. Is tyranny always the worst of all possible political regimes, as Aristotle argues in his Politics? Or is disguised tyranny, as Machiavelli proposes, potentially the best regime possible? These competing conceptions were practiced and debated in Renaissance thought, given expression by such political actors and thinkers as Elizabeth I, James I, Henrie Bullinger, Bodin, and others. McGrail focuses on Shakespeare's exploration of the conflicting and contradictory passions that make up the tyrant and finds that Shakespeare's dramas of tyranny rest somewhere between Aristotle's reticence and Machiavelli's forthrightness. Literature and politics intersect in Tyranny in Shakespeare, which will fascinate students and scholars of both.
Tyrant
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Author : Stephen Greenblatt
language : en
Publisher: Bodley Head Childrens
Release Date : 2018-05-24
Tyrant written by Stephen Greenblatt and has been published by Bodley Head Childrens this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-24 with categories.
How does a truly disastrous leader - a sociopath, a demagogue, a tyrant - come to power? How, and why, does a tyrant hold on to power? And what goes on in the hidden recesses of the tyrant's soul? For help in understanding our most urgent contemporary dilemmas, William Shakespeare has no peer. As an ageing, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social and psychological roots and the twisted consequences of tyranny. What he discovered in his characters remains remarkably relevant today. With uncanny insight, he shone a spotlight on the infantile psychology and unquenchable narcissistic appetites of demagogues and imagined how they might be stopped. In Tyrant, Stephen Greenblatt examines the themes of power and tyranny in some of Shakespeare's most famous plays -- from the dominating figures of Richard III, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Coriolanus to the subtle tyranny found in Measure for Measure and The Winter's Tale. Tyrant is a highly relevant exploration of Shakespeare's work that sheds new light on the workings of power.
Shakespeare S Political Pageant
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Author : Joseph Alulis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Shakespeare S Political Pageant written by Joseph Alulis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Literature and society categories.
Literary works, through their very personal means of characterization, reveal the direct effect of politics on individuals in a way a political treatise cannot. The distinguished contributors to this volume share the belief that Shakespeare is the author who most effectively sets forth the multifarious pageant of politics. Shakespeare's rich canon presents monarchy and republic, tyrant and king, thinker and soldier, and Christian and pagan. The twelve essays in Shakespeare's Political Pageant discuss a broad range of Shakespeare's dramatic poetry from the perspective of the political theorist. This innovative book demonstrates the immense value of seeing Shakespeare's plays in the context of political philosophy. It will be an important source for students and scholars of both political science and literature.
Hamlet In Purgatory
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Author : Stephen Greenblatt
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-20
Hamlet In Purgatory written by Stephen Greenblatt and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
Setting out to explain his longtime fascination with the ghost of Hamlet's father, Stephen Greenblatt provides an account of the rise and fall of purgatory as both a belief and a lucrative institution - as well as a new reading of the power of Hamlet.
Shakespeare And The Resistance
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Author : Clare Asquith
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-08-21
Shakespeare And The Resistance written by Clare Asquith and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-21 with History categories.
Shakespeare's largely misunderstood narrative poems contain within them an explosive commentary on the political storms convulsing his country The 1590s were bleak years for England. The queen was old, the succession unclear, and the treasury empty after decades of war. Amid the rising tension, William Shakespeare published a pair of poems dedicated to the young Earl of Southampton: Venus and Adonis in 1593 and The Rape of Lucrece a year later. Although wildly popular during Shakespeare's lifetime, to modern readers both works are almost impenetrable. But in her enthralling new book, the Shakespearean scholar Clare Asquith reveals their hidden contents: two politically charged allegories of Tudor tyranny that justified-and even urged-direct action against an unpopular regime. The poems were Shakespeare's bestselling works in his lifetime, evidence that they spoke clearly to England's wounded populace and disaffected nobility, and especially to their champion, the Earl of Essex. Shakespeare and the Resistance unearths Shakespeare's own analysis of a political and religious crisis which would shortly erupt in armed rebellion on the streets of London. Using the latest historical research, it resurrects the story of a bold bid for freedom of conscience and an end to corruption that was erased from history by the men who suppressed it. This compelling reading situates Shakespeare at the heart of the resistance movement.
How Shakespeare Put Politics On The Stage
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Author : Peter Lake
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2016-01-01
How Shakespeare Put Politics On The Stage written by Peter Lake and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-01 with History categories.
The politics of virtue -- Honour and its enemies: women on top - again -- Anti-popery -- Divided we fall: the politics of faction in time of war -- CHAPTER 6 Richard III: political ends, providential means -- The making of a Machiavel -- Monstrous bodies and providential signs -- Signs and prophecies -- The audience as 'high all- seer' -- Ambiguities of 'evil counsel' -- From providence to predestination: the return of legitimacy -- Richard III as a guide to the past, present and future -- CHAPTER 7 Going Roman: Richard III and Titus Andronicus compared