Shakespeare's Political Realism: The English History PlaysState University of New York Press, 25.01.2001 г. - 218 страници This book provides fresh interpretations of five of Shakespeare's history plays (King John, Richard II, Henry IV, Parts I and II, and Henry V), each guided by the often criticized assumption that Shakespeare can teach us something about politics. In contrast to many contemporary political critics who treat Shakespeare's political dramas as narrow reflections of his time, the author maintains that Shakespeare's political vision is wide-ranging, compelling, and relevant to modern audiences. Paying close attention to character and context, as well as to Shakespeare's creative use of history, the author explores Shakespeare's views on perennially important political themes such as ambition, legitimacy, tradition, and political morality. Particular emphasis is placed on Shakespeare's relation to Machiavelli, turning repeatedly to the conflict between ambition and justice. In the end, Shakespeare's history plays point to the limits of politics even more pessimistically than Machiavelli's realism. |
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... England , but the plots are political plots ( literally ) and the action - assassination , treason , civil war , foreign conquest- doesn't seem peculiarly English or distinctly medieval . While one must pay attention to the historical ...
... England , but the plots are political plots ( literally ) and the action - assassination , treason , civil war , foreign conquest- doesn't seem peculiarly English or distinctly medieval . While one must pay attention to the historical ...
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... England or a little England man ? What did he think of the papacy ? Answers to questions like these are of more than merely historical interest , for properly rephrased , such questions may bear on contem- porary issues like the ...
... England or a little England man ? What did he think of the papacy ? Answers to questions like these are of more than merely historical interest , for properly rephrased , such questions may bear on contem- porary issues like the ...
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... England , ... we must not believe that it was univer- sally accepted . The very vehemence with which it was proclaimed over and over again would suggest that the English people needed urgently to be convinced of it . " 19 In his Short ...
... England , ... we must not believe that it was univer- sally accepted . The very vehemence with which it was proclaimed over and over again would suggest that the English people needed urgently to be convinced of it . " 19 In his Short ...
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... in medieval England reveal something fundamental about politics as such . In fact , I do not find much evidence to support the view that Shakespeare was a political partisan in the usual sense of Shakespeare's Politics 13.
... in medieval England reveal something fundamental about politics as such . In fact , I do not find much evidence to support the view that Shakespeare was a political partisan in the usual sense of Shakespeare's Politics 13.
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Съдържание
King John | 39 |
King Richard II | 59 |
King Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 | 91 |
King Henry V | 125 |
Conclusion Shakespeare | 153 |
The Omission of the Magna Carta | 167 |
Bibliography | 197 |
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