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Title:

Shakespeare as political thinker / edited by John E. Alvis and Thomas G. West.

Edition:

2nd ed., rev. and expanded.

Publisher:

ISI Books,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

xix, 416 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Political and social views.
Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--16th century.
Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--17th century.
Political science--Great Britain--History--16th century.
Political science--Great Britain--History--17th century.
Political plays, English--History and criticism.

Other Authors:

Alvis, John.
West, Thomas G., 1945-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introductory : Shakespearean poetry and politics / John E. Alvis -- The unity of tragedy, comedy, and history : an interpretation of the Shakespearean universe / Henre V. Jaffa -- Richard II / Allan Bloom -- God will save the king : Shakespeare's Richard II / Louise Cowan -- Shakespeare's Henry IV : a new prince in a new principality / Dain A. Trafton -- Spectacle supplanting ceremony : Shakespeare's Henry Monmouth / John E. Alvis -- The two truths of Troilus and Cressida / Thomas G. West --Troilus and Cressida : poetry or philosophy? / Christopher Flannery -- Nature and the city : Timon of Athens / Leo Paul S. de Alvarez -- Chastity as a political principle : an interpretation of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure / Harry V. Jaffa -- Prospero's republic : the politics of Shakespeare's The Tempest / Paul A. Cantor -- The golden casket : an interpretation of The Merchant of Venice / Barabra Tovey -- Shakespeare's Hamlet and Machiavelli : how not to kill a despot / John E. Alvis -- Macbeth and the gospelling of Scotland / Paul A. Cantor -- Shakespearean wisdom? / Michael Platt -- Shakespearean comedy and tragedy : implicit political analogies / Robert B. Heilman -- Transcendence and equivocation : some political, theological, and philosophical themes in Shakespeare / Laurence Berns.

ISBN:

9781882926503 (alk. paper)
1882926501 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)44617028

LCCN:

00100745

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)