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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Hlavní autor: Moore, Andrew, 1981- (Autor)
Médium: Kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
Edice:Politics, literature, & film.
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  • 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.