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02907aam a2200481Mi 4500 001 45083652662A11E88B2F7B1897128E48 003 SILO 005 20230913010647 006 a|||||||||||||| || 007 sd fungnnmmneu 008 121004s2018 mdu|||| ||| | eng d 020 $a 1501997408 020 $a 9781501997402 028 02 $a C05224 $b Recorded Books 035 $a (OCoLC)1032601509 040 $a RECBC $b eng $e rda $c RECBC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d GL9 $d OQX $d IW5 $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a PR3017 $b G744 2018 082 04 $a 822.3/3 $2 23 100 1 $a Greenblatt, Stephen, $d 1943- $e author. 245 10 $a Tyrant : $b Shakespeare on politics / $c Stephen Greenblatt. 250 $a Unabridged. 260 $a Prince Frederick, Md. : $b Recorded Books, $c 2018. 300 $a 5 audio discs (5 hr., 15 min.) : $b digital ; $c 4 3/4 in. 500 $a In container (17 cm.). 500 $a Title from container. 500 $a Compact discs. 511 0 $a Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini. 520 $a World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright's insight into bad (and often mad) rulers. As an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social causes, the psychological roots, and the twisted consequences of tyranny. In exploring the psyche (and psychoses) of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, Coriolanus, and the societies they rule over, Stephen Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the catastrophic consequences of its execution. Cherished institutions seem fragile, political classes are in disarray, economic misery fuels populist anger, people knowingly accept being lied to, partisan rancor dominates, spectacular indecency rules--these aspects of a society in crisis fascinated Shakespeare and shaped some of his most memorable plays. With uncanny insight, he shone a spotlight on the infantile psychology and unquenchable narcissistic appetites of demagogues--and the cynicism and opportunism of the various enablers and hangers-on who surround them-and imagined how they might be stopped. As Greenblatt shows, Shakespeare's work, in this as in so many other ways, remains vitally relevant today. 600 10 $a Shakespeare, William, $d 1564-1616 $x Political and social views. 650 0 $a Politics and literature $z Great Britain $x History $y 16th century. 655 7 $a Audiobooks. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Ballerini, Edoardo, $d 1970- $e narrator. 710 2 $a Recorded Books, Inc. 941 $a 6 945 $a cda 952 $l AWPD207 $d 20230209014651.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204092423.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110074338.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20180802010857.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20180718013552.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20180605012858.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=45083652662A11E88B2F7B1897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search