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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... nature of Shakespeare's plays : Of all the major writers in the Western literary tradition , there is none who deals so consistently and so profoundly with political matters as Shakespeare . He wrote almost exclusively of courts and ...
... nature of Shakespeare's plays : Of all the major writers in the Western literary tradition , there is none who deals so consistently and so profoundly with political matters as Shakespeare . He wrote almost exclusively of courts and ...
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... nature of " the political " as such . Does politics have an essence ? Are there , in other words , universal aspects of political practice and does Shakespeare tell us something about them ? If the political sphere is limited or finite ...
... nature of " the political " as such . Does politics have an essence ? Are there , in other words , universal aspects of political practice and does Shakespeare tell us something about them ? If the political sphere is limited or finite ...
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... nature of men's relations to one another . The universe , the absolutists argued , is hierarchical , and this hierarchy is evident among men : ... men were known to be unequal and their inequality was most often described in direct ...
... nature of men's relations to one another . The universe , the absolutists argued , is hierarchical , and this hierarchy is evident among men : ... men were known to be unequal and their inequality was most often described in direct ...
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... natural law , which is the law of God , is determinable by reason ; but because men are too corrupt to rule themselves by ... nature that evil princes must be deposed and tyrants punished by death . 20 At the same time Ponet and others ...
... natural law , which is the law of God , is determinable by reason ; but because men are too corrupt to rule themselves by ... nature that evil princes must be deposed and tyrants punished by death . 20 At the same time Ponet and others ...
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... nature . And if chaos were natural , there was no great chain.21 The sixteenth century , then , understood the problem of legiti- macy primarily in terms of obedience . The question " Who should rule ? " became " When should men obey ...
... nature . And if chaos were natural , there was no great chain.21 The sixteenth century , then , understood the problem of legiti- macy primarily in terms of obedience . The question " Who should rule ? " became " When should men obey ...
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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