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Tyrant : Shakespeare on politics
- Title
- Tyrant : Shakespeare on politics / Stephen Greenblatt.
- Author
- Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943-
- Publication
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
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- Description
- 212 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "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."--Dust jacket.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index.
- Contents
- Oblique angles -- Party politics -- Fraudulent populism -- A matter of character -- Enablers -- Tyranny triumphant -- The instigator -- Madness in great ones -- Downfall and resurgence -- Resistible rise -- Coda.
- Call Number
- JFD 18-3101
- ISBN
- 9780393635751
- 0393635759
- LCCN
- 2018002449
- OCLC
- 1011679254
- Author
- Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943- author.
- Title
- Tyrant : Shakespeare on politics / Stephen Greenblatt.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-3101