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9781882926503

Shakespeare As Political Thinker

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    9781882926503

  • ISBN10:

    1882926501

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-06-01
  • Publisher: Isi Books
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Summary

The essays contained in this book proceed from the common conviction that Shakespeare s poetry conveys a wisdom about politics commensurate with his artistry. Well-known thinkers discuss Shakespeare's understanding of politics, the idea of the best polity, the relationship between character and political life, and the interpenetration of poetry, politics, religion, and philosophy.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
Note on the Revised Edition xiii
The Editors and Authors xv
Introductory: Shakespearean Poetry and Politics
1(28)
John E. Alvis
The Unity of Tragedy, Comedy, and History: An Interpretation of the Shakespearean Universe
29(30)
Harry V. Jaffa
Richard II
59(12)
Allan Bloom
God Will Save the King: Shakespeare's Richard II
71(22)
Louise Cowan
Shakespeare's Henry IV: A New Prince in a New Principality
93(14)
Dain A. Trafton
Spectacle Supplanting Ceremony: Shakespeare's Henry Monmouth
107(36)
John E. Alvis
The Two Truths of Troilus and Cressida
143(20)
Thomas G. West
Troilus and Cressida: Poetry or Philosophy?
163(14)
Christopher Flannery
Nature and the City: Timon of Athens
177(26)
Leo Paul S. de Alvarez
Chastity as a Political Principle: An Interpretation of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure
203(38)
Harry V. Jaffa
Prospero's Republic: The Politics of Shakespeare's The Tempest
241(20)
Paul A. Cantor
The Golden Casket: An Interpretation of The Merchant of Venice
261(28)
Barbara Tovey
Shakespeare's Hamlet and Machiavelli: How Not To Kill a Despot
289(26)
John E. Alvis
Macbeth and the Gospelling of Scotland
315(38)
Paul A. Cantor
Shakespearean Wisdom?
353(28)
Michael Platt
Shakespearean Comedy and Tragedy: Implicit Political Analogies
381(16)
Robert B. Heilman
Transcendence and Equivocation: Some Political, Theological, and Philosophical Themes in Shakespeare
397(10)
Laurence Berns
Index 407

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