Shakespeare and the Body Politic

Herausgeber: Dobski, Bernard J.; Gish, Dustin A.

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Produktbeschreibung

The chapters in Shakespeare and the Body Politic examine the tensions between the passion and ambition of individuals and the limits of the political communities that encompass and inform them. Shakespeare provides his audiences and readers both timely and timeless political l...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9781498510981
• ISBN-10: 1498510981
• Artikelnr.: 41760511

Autorenporträt

Bernard J. Dobski is Associate Professor of Political Science at Assumption College, where he teaches courses in international relations, American politics and political philosophy, including a course on Shakespeare's politics. He received his BA from Boston College and his MA and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He is the contributing co-editor of Souls With Longing: Representations of Honor and Love in Shakespeare (Lexington Books, 2011) and of "The Political Thought of William Shakespeare" (special issue of Perspectives on Political Science, 2012). He has published book chapters, articles, reviews and review essays on Thucydides, Xenophon, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, American foreign policy and just war theory in POLIS: The Journal For Ancient Greek Political Thought, Perspectives on Political Science, The Review of Politics, Interpretation, Society and The Review of Metaphysics. Dustin Gish has published articles, book chapters, review essays, and reviews on a wide range of topics in the history of political philosophy, including the political thought of Homer, Xenophon, Plato, William Shakespeare, and Thomas Jefferson. He is the contributing co-editor of Souls With Longing: Representations of Honor and Love in Shakespeare and of The Political Thought of Xenophon; his work has appeared in The Journal of Politics, History of Political Thought, Perspectives on Political Science, Polis, The Review of Politics, and Bryn Mawr Classical Review. He currently teaches ancient and early modern constitutionalism as Lecturer in the Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage at the University of Oklahoma.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Preface Chapter 1: Shakespeare and the Body Politic Bernard
J. Dobski and Dustin Gish Part One: The Heart Chapter 2: "The Very Heart of
Loss": Love and Politics in Antony and Cleopatra Joseph Alulis Chapter 3:
Julius Caesar: The Problem of Classical Republicanism Timothy Burns Chapter
4: Who is Shakespeare's Julius Caesar? Nasser Behnegar Chapter 5: Love,
Honor,and Community in Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Pamela
Jensen Part Two: The Limbs Chapter 6: At War 'Twixt Will and Will Not:
Government, Marriage, and Grace in Measure for Measure Peter Meilaender
Chapter 7: Trojan Horse or Troilus' Whore? Pandering Statecraft and
Political Stagecraft in Troilus and Cressida Nalin Ranasinghe Chapter 8:
Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece: Honor and Republicanism Robert Schaefer
Chapter 9: Hotspur and Falstaff vs. The Politicians: Shakespeare's View of
Honor Timothy Spiekerman Part Three: The Head Chapter 10: Shakespeare,
Timon of Athens, and Philosophy: A Preliminary Inquiry George Anastaplo
Chapter 11: Taming the Shrew: Shakespeare, Machiavelli, and Political
Philosophy Dustin Gish Chapter 12: The Education of Edgar in Shakespeare's
King Lear Laurence D. Nee Chapter 13: Shakespeare and the Comedy and
Tragedy of Liberalism David K. Nichols List of Contributors Index