| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 204 pages). |
| Series |
Politics, literature, & film
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Politics, literature, & film.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Tragedy and the Folly of the Ruler; 1 One That Loved Not Wisely But Too Well; 2 Macbeth; 3 Wings as Swift as Love; Part II: Comedy and the Reign of Wisdom; 4 Both False and True; 5 Jurisprudence in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice; 6 Christian Ethics and Political Moderation in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure; Part III: History and Rule as the Measure of Statesmen; 7 The Bastard in King John; or, On the Need for a Unified English Nation; 8 To Make High Majesty Look Like Itself; 9 This Blessed Plot; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Politics and literature.
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Political leadership.
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Character -- Political aspects.
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Leadership in literature.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Leadership in literature. |
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Political leadership. |
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Politics and literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Habib, Khalil M., 1974- editor.
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Hebert, L. Joseph (Louie Joseph), 1975- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: The soul of statesmanship Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018] 9781498543262 (DLC) 2018947261 |
| ISBN |
9781498543279 ebook |
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1498543278 |
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9781498543262 (softcover) |
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149854326X (softcover) |
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