Shakespeare's Political Pageant

Essays in Politics and Literature
Herausgeber: Alulis, Joseph

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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....

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9780847682904
• ISBN-10: 0847682900
• Artikelnr.: 30886249

Autorenporträt

Edited by Joseph Alulis - Contributions by Joseph Alulis; Dennis Bathory; Paul A. Cantor; Christopher Colmo; Michael Davis; Timothy Fuller; Pamela K. Jensen; David Lowenthal; Tim Spiekerman; Vickie Sullivan; Barbara Tovey and Michael Zuckert

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 Part I: Comedies Chapter
4 The New Medea: On Portia's Comic Triumph in The Merchant of Venice
Chapter 5 Fathers and Children: Matter, Mirth, and Melancholy in As You
Like It Chapter 6 Wisdom and the Law: Thoughts on the Political Philosophy
of Measure for Measure Chapter 7 The Portrait of Athens in A Midsummer
Night's Dream Part 8 Part II: Histories Chapter 9 Coming Home: The
Political Settlement in Shakespeare's King John Chapter 10 The Education of
Hal: Henry IV, Parts One and Two Chapter 11 Princes to Act: Henry V as the
Machiavellian Prince of Appearance Part 12 Part III: Tragedies. "This is
Venice": Politics in Shakespeare's Othello Chapter 13 King Lear: The Tragic
Disjunction of Wisdom and Power Chapter 14 The Relation of Thought and
Action in Macbeth Chapter 15 Courage and Impotence in Macbeth Chapter 16
"With Himself at War": Shakespeare's Roman Hero and the Republican
Tradition Chapter 17 Index