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03211aim a2200421 i 4500 001 3BBFE13228F211EDB398BB3D49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220831010036 007 sd fungnnmmned 008 121004s2018 mdunnnn z n eng d 020 $a 1501997408 020 $a 9781501997402 028 01 $a C05224 $b Recorded Books 040 $a No Vendor $b eng $e rda $c MdPfRBL $d SILO 050 4 $a PR3017 $b G744 2018 082 04 $a 822.3/3 $2 23 100 1 $a Greenblatt, Stephen, $d 1943- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80033957 $e author. 245 10 $a Tyrant : $b Shakespeare on politics / 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a Prince Frederick, MD : $b Recorded Books, $c [2018] 300 $a 5 discs (5 hr., 15 min.) ; $b AUDIO BOOK ; $c 4 3/4 inches. 500 $a Compact disc. 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. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85121022. 650 0 $a Politics and literature $z Great Britain $x History $y 16th century. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109406. 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM $2 bisacsh. $x Shakespeare 655 0 $a Biographical $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034149. $v Audio Book $v Audio Book 700 1 $a Greenblatt, Stephen, $d 1970- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004073239 $e narrator. 710 2 $a Recorded Books, Inc. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94018831. 856 4 $3 URL $u https://www.recordedbooks.com/title-details/9781501997402 856 4 $3 URL $u http://d2cv0ie6dlin9h.cloudfront.net/C05224/C05224_image_148x230.jpg 856 4 $3 URL $u http://d2cv0ie6dlin9h.cloudfront.net/C05224/C05224_image_148x230.jpg 856 4 $3 URL $u https://www.recordedbooks.com/title-details/9781501997402 941 $a 1 945 $a cdab 952 $l REPC017 $d 20220831010057.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3BBFE13228F211EDB398BB3D49ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search