Andrew Moore

Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes

Dead Body Politics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes explores Shakespeare's political outlook by comparing some of the playwright's works to the works of Italian political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli and English social contract theorist Thomas Hobbes. This ultimately reveals the materialist principles that underpin Shakespeare's imaginary states.

Produktdetails

• Politics, Literature, & Film
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9781498514071
• ISBN-10: 1498514073
• Artikelnr.: 45193961

Autorenporträt

Andrew Moore is associate professor of great books at St. Thomas University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Political Power and the Natural Order: Richard III
Macbeth
and Coriolanus. Chapter 2: Shakespeare and the State of Nature: King Lear and Othello Chapter 3: Violence and Politics: Julius Caesar and Lucrece Chapter 4: Faith
Morality
and Contractual Politics: The Merchant of Venice and Measure for Measure Chapter 5: Tyranny and Consent: Lucrece
Titus Andronicus
and Cymbeline