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1 online resource (pages cm.) |
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text file |
| Series |
Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy EUP
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Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy EUP.
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| Contents |
Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Series Editor's Preface; Introduction; Part I Shakespearean Antiquity ; 1 The Birth of Tragicomedy (in the defeat of Hector by Ulysses); 2 Pagan Christs: Politics in the Roman Plays; Part II Shakespearean Modernity; 3 King Lear and the State of Nature; 4 Shakespeare's Novus Ordo Seclorum: Freedom and Authority in the English Histories; 5 Shakespeare and the Theological-Political Problem; Epilogue: Brave New Worlds; NOTES; Index |
| Summary |
What were Shakespeare's politics? As this study demonstrates, contained in Shakespeare's plays is an astonishingly powerful reckoning with the tradition of Western political thought, one whose depth and scope places Shakespeare alongside Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes and others. This book is the first attempt by a political theorist to read Shakespeare within the trajectory of political thought as one of the authors of modernity. From Shakespeare's interpretation of ancient and medieval politics to his wrestling with issues of legitimacy, religious toleration, family conflict, and econ. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge and learning -- Political science.
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Political science. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Politics in literature.
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Politics in literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780748682416 |
| ISBN |
9780748682423 electronic book |
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0748682422 electronic book |
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