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02513aim a2200361 i 4500 001 8898FA2EB35811E9A031461497128E48 003 SILO 005 20190731010023 006 m |q h 007 sz n|n|nnn|ned 007 cs nzannna|||| 008 121004t20182018mdunnnneq z n eng d 020 $a 198001860X 020 $a 9781980018605 040 $e rda $b eng $d SILO 082 04 $a AUD 822.3 GRE DA 100 1 $a Greenblatt, Stephen $d 1943- 245 10 $a Tyrant $h [sound recording] $b Shakespeare on politics $c Stephen Greenblatt 246 3 $a Shakespeare on politics 264 1 $a Prince Frederick, MD $b Recorded Books $c 2018 300 $a Digital media player-5.25 hours $b unabridged 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 activity 600 10 $a Shakespeare, William $d 1564-1616 $x Criticism and interpretation 650 0 $a Dictators in literature 650 0 $a Politics and literature $z Great Britain $x History $y 16th century 650 0 $a Audiobooks 650 4 $a Digital media players 700 1 $a Ballerini, Edoardo $d 1970- $e nrt. 941 $a 1 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20190731011443.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8898FA2EB35811E9A031461497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search