Shakespeare's Political Pageant

Essays in Politics and Literature
Herausgeber: Alulis, Joseph

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The twelve essays in Shakespeare's Political Pageant discuss a broad range of Shakespeare's dramatic poetry from the perspective of the political theorist. This innovative book demonstrates the immense value of seeing Shakespeare's plays in the context of political philosophy. It will be an important source for students and scholars of both political science and literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9780847682904
• ISBN-10: 0847682900
• Artikelnr.: 30886249

Autorenporträt

Joseph Alulis is lecturer at the Center for Continuing Studies, Basic Program, University of Chicago. Vickie Sullivan is assistant professor of political science at Tufts University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Part 3 Part I: Comedies
Chapter 4 The New Medea: On Portia's Comic Triumph in The Merchant of
Venice
Chapter 5 Fathers and Children: Matter, Mirth, and Melancholy in As You
Like It
Chapter 6 Wisdom and the Law: Thoughts on the Political Philosophy of
Measure for Measure
Chapter 7 The Portrait of Athens in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Part 8 Part II: Histories
Chapter 9 Coming Home: The Political Settlement in Shakespeare's King John
Chapter 10 The Education of Hal: Henry IV, Parts One and Two
Chapter 11 Princes to Act: Henry V as the Machiavellian Prince of
Appearance
Part 12 Part III: Tragedies. "This is Venice": Politics in Shakespeare's
Othello
Chapter 13 King Lear: The Tragic Disjunction of Wisdom and Power
Chapter 14 The Relation of Thought and Action in Macbeth
Chapter 15 Courage and Impotence in Macbeth
Chapter 16 "With Himself at War": Shakespeare's Roman Hero and the
Republican Tradition
Chapter 17 Index