<h4>Establishes Shakespeare’s plays as some of the period’s most speculative political literature</h4> <p><i>Shakespeare’s Fugitive Politics</i> makes the case that Shakespeare’s plays reveal there is always something more terrifying to the king than rebellion. The book seeks to move beyond the pres
Shakespeare’s Political Wisdom
✍ Scribed by Timothy W. Burns (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 244
- Series
- Recovering Political Philosophy
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-14
Julius Caesar: The Problem of Classical Republicanism....Pages 15-62
Macbeth: Ambition Driven Into Darkness....Pages 63-102
The Merchant of Venice: Roman Virtue in a Christian Commercial Republic....Pages 103-134
King Lear: The Question of Divine Justice....Pages 135-182
The Tempest: A Philosopher-Poet Educating Citizens....Pages 183-217
Back Matter....Pages 219-234
✦ Subjects
Political Theory; Political Philosophy; Social Philosophy; Poetry and Poetics; British and Irish Literature; Political History
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