The Soul of Statesmanship

Shakespeare on Nature, Virtue, and Political Wisdom
Herausgeber: Habib, Khalil M.; Hebert Jr., L. Joseph

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Produktbeschreibung

The authors of this volume explore the Bard's dramatization of perennial questions about human nature, moral virtue, and statesmanship. Reading his plays as works of philosophical literature enhances our understanding of political life and provides a source of advice and inspiration for the citizens and statesmen of today and tomorrow.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9781498543262
• ISBN-10: 149854326X
• Artikelnr.: 53022636

Autorenporträt

Edited by Khalil M. Habib and L. Joseph Hebert Jr. - Contributions by Khalil M. Habib; L. Joseph Hebert Jr.; Joseph Alulis; J. David Alvis; Luigi Bradizza; Timothy Burns; Carson Holloway; Mary P. Nichols; Denise Schaeffer and Thomas Vincent Svogun

Inhaltsangabe

1 Othello: Jealousy Becomes Tragic Timothy Burns 2 Macbeth: The Spiritual
Drama of the Tyrannical Soul Carson Holloway 3 Wings as Swift as Love:
Hamlet and the Virtues (and Vices) of a King L. Joseph Hebert 4 Both False
and True: Love, Death, and Poetry in Love's Labor's Lost Denise Schaeffer
and Mary P. Nichols 5 Jurisprudence in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice
Thomas Vincent Svogun 6 Christian Ethics and Political Moderation in
Shakespeare's Measure for Measure Luigi Bradizza 7 The Bastard in King
John; or, On the Need for a Unified English Nation Khalil M. Habib 8 To
Make High Majesty Look Like Itself: Shakespeare's Richard II and the Nature
of the Good Regime Joseph Alulis 9 "This Blessed Plot": Divine Justice and
Law from Richard II's Trial by Combat to Henry V's Battle of Agincourt
David Alvis