Shakespeare's political wisdom /

"Shakespeare's Political Wisdom" offers careful interpretations of five Shakespearean plays -- "Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, and The Tempest"--With a view to the enduring guidance those plays can provide to human, political life. The plays have...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Burns, Timothy, 1958-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Collection:Recovering political philosophy.
Sujets:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Political and social views.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Justice in literature.
Nobility in literature.
Justice dans la littérature.
Shakespeare studies & criticism.
Social & political philosophy.
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
Justice in literature
Nobility in literature
Political and social views
Literary studies: plays & playwrights > English.
Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 > English.
Social & political philosophy > English.
Literature.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: Shakespeare's political wisdom
  • Julius Caesar: the problem of classical republicanism
  • Macbeth: ambition driven into darkness
  • The Merchant of Venice: Roman virtue in a Christian commerical republic
  • King Lear: the question of divine justice
  • The Tempest: a philosopher-poet educating citizens.

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