Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes : dead body politics /
"Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes explores Shakespeare's political outlook by comparing some of the playwright's best-known works to the works of Italian political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli and English social contract theorist Thomas Hobbes. This ultimately reveals the m...
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Materialtyp: | Bok |
Språk: | engelska |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2016]
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Serie: | Politics, literature, & film.
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Innehållsförteckning:
- Part I: Nature and politics. Political power and the natural order: Richard III, Macbeth, and Coriolanus
- Shakespeare and the state of nature: King Lear and Othello
- Part II: The limits of politics. Violence and politics: Julius Caesar and Lucrece
- Faith, morality, and contractual politics: The Merchant of Venice and Measure for Measure
- Tyranny and consent: Lucrece, Titus Andronicus, and Cymbeline
- Conclusion.