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Charismatic authority in early modern English tragedy

Title
Charismatic authority in early modern English tragedy / Raphael Falco.
Author
Falco, Raphael, 1952-
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.

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Description
x, 243 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Charismatic groups form around a leader who displays extraordinary abilities in times of social distress and who is often thought to have supernatural or magical powers. Raphael Falco demonstrates that English tragedies are full of such figures. Most charisma is at first revolutionary, challenging traditional or bureaucratic forms of authority. But sooner or later groups that depend on the pure or personal charisma of a central figure begin to change, even to break down. Tragedies often focus on this difficult process of charismatic transformation - a process, Falco argues, that is best understood not in terms of a single tragic figure but as a group experience."--Jacket.
Subject
  • 1500-1699
  • English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism
  • English drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism
  • English drama > 17th century > History and criticism
  • Charisma (Personality trait) in literature
  • Leadership in literature
  • Authority in literature
  • English drama
  • English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan
  • English drama (Tragedy)
  • Tragödie
  • Held
  • Charisma
  • Englisch
  • Théâtre anglais > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique
  • Théâtre anglais > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique
  • Charisme > Dans la littérature
  • Geschichte 1580-1680
  • Englisch
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-233) and index.
Contents
Introduction: From Charisma to Tragedy -- Revolution to Routinization Tamburlaine's Pure Charisma -- Charismas in Conflict Richard II and Henry Bolingbroke -- Individuation as Disintegration Hamlet and Othello -- Charisma as Catastrophe Samson's Gift -- Erotic Charisma The Tragedies of Cleopatra.
ISBN
  • 0801862809
  • 9780801862809
LCCN
99038767
OCLC
  • ocm41834568
  • 41834568
  • SCSB-1123579
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library