Shakespeare and the Political Way
Title | Shakespeare and the Political Way PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2020-09-10 |
Genre | Political plays, English |
ISBN | 0198848617 |
This book develops an original approach to theories of political power and seeks to show the particular value of examining these issues through the frame of Shakespeare's plays.
Shakespeare's Politics
Title | Shakespeare's Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Allan Bloom |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0226060411 |
Taking the classical view that the political shapes man's consciousness, Allan Bloom considers Shakespeare as a profoundly political Renaissance dramatist. He aims to recover Shakespeare's ideas and beliefs and to make his work once again a recognized source for the serious study of moral and political problems. In essays looking at Julius Caesar, Othello, and The Merchant of Venice, Bloom shows how Shakespeare presents a picture of man that does not assume privileged access for only literary criticism. With this claim, he argues that political philosophy offers a comprehensive framework within which the problems of the Shakespearean heroes can be viewed. In short, he argues that Shakespeare was an eminently political author. Also included is an essay by Harry V. Jaffa on the limits of politics in King Lear. "A very good book indeed . . . one which can be recommended to all who are interested in Shakespeare." —G. P. V. Akrigg "This series of essays reminded me of the scope and depth of Shakespeare's original vision. One is left with the impression that Shakespeare really had figured out the answers to some important questions many of us no longer even know to ask."-Peter A. Thiel, CEO, PayPal, Wall Street Journal Allan Bloom was the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor on the Committee on Social Thought and the co-director of the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy at the University of Chicago. Harry V. Jaffa is professor emeritus at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate School.
Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics
Title | Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Greenblatt |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2018-05-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0393635767 |
"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.
Shakespeare and Early Modern Political Thought
Title | Shakespeare and Early Modern Political Thought PDF eBook |
Author | David Armitage |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2009-09-10 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 052176808X |
Leading literary scholars and historians examine Shakespeare's engagement with the characteristic questions of early modern political thought.
Thinking with Shakespeare
Title | Thinking with Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | Julia Reinhard Lupton |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2011-05-15 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0226496716 |
"What is a person? What company do people keep with animals, plants, and things? What are their rights? To whom are they obligated? Such questions - bearing fundamentally on the shared meaning of politics and life - animate Shakespearean drama, yet their urgency has been obscured by historicist approaches to literature.
Shakespeare in a Divided America
Title | Shakespeare in a Divided America PDF eBook |
Author | James Shapiro |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2020-03-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0525522298 |
One of the New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year • A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • A New York Times Notable Book A timely exploration of what Shakespeare’s plays reveal about our divided land. “In this sprightly and enthralling book . . . Shapiro amply demonstrates [that] for Americans the politics of Shakespeare are not confined to the public realm, but have enormous relevance in the sphere of private life.” —The Guardian (London) The plays of William Shakespeare are rare common ground in the United States. For well over two centuries, Americans of all stripes—presidents and activists, soldiers and writers, conservatives and liberals alike—have turned to Shakespeare’s works to explore the nation’s fault lines. In a narrative arching from Revolutionary times to the present day, leading scholar James Shapiro traces the unparalleled role of Shakespeare’s four-hundred-year-old tragedies and comedies in illuminating the many concerns on which American identity has turned. From Abraham Lincoln’s and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth’s, competing Shakespeare obsessions to the 2017 controversy over the staging of Julius Caesar in Central Park, in which a Trump-like leader is assassinated, Shakespeare in a Divided America reveals how no writer has been more embraced, more weaponized, or has shed more light on the hot-button issues in our history.
Perspectives on Politics in Shakespeare
Title | Perspectives on Politics in Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | John A. Murley |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Pages | 275 |
Release | 2006-08-11 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0739158783 |
Political science is becoming ever more reliant on abstract statistical models and almost divorced from human judgment, hope, and idealism. William Shakespeare offers the political scientist an antidote to this methodological alienation, this self-imposed exile from the political concerns of citizens and politicians. Shakespeare, the most quoted author in the English-speaking world, presents his characters as rulers, citizens, and statesmen of the most famous regimes, governed by their respective laws and shaped by their respective political and social institutions. The actions, deliberations, mistakes, and successes of his characters reveal the limitations and strengths of their regimes, whether they be Athens, Rome, or England. The contributors to this volume, esteemed scholars of political science, show us that Shakespeare's poetic imagination displays the very essence of politics and inspires valuable reflection on the fundamental questions of statesmanship and political leadership. Perspectives on Shakespeare's Politics explores such themes as classical republicanism and liberty, the rule of law and morality, the nature and limits of statesmanship, and the character of democracy.