02332nam 2200493 450 991080881320332120230126215548.01-4985-1408-1(CKB)3710000000830923(MiAaPQ)EBC4648491(EXLCZ)99371000000083092320160907h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierShakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes dead body politics /Andrew MooreLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2016.©20161 online resource (191 pages)Politics, Literature, and Film1-4985-1409-X 1-4985-1407-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I: Nature and politics. Political power and the natural order: Richard III, Macbeth, and Coriolanus -- Shakespeare and the state of nature: King Lear and Othello -- Part II: The limits of politics. Violence and politics: Julius Caesar and Lucrece -- Faith, morality, and contractual politics: The Merchant of Venice and Measure for Measure -- Tyranny and consent: Lucrece, Titus Andronicus, and Cymbeline -- Conclusion."Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes explores Shakespeare's political outlook by comparing some of the playwright's best-known works to the works of Italian political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli and English social contract theorist Thomas Hobbes. This ultimately reveals the materialist principles that underpin Shakespeare's imaginary states."--Provided by publisherPolitics in literatureKings and rulers in literaturePower (Social sciences) in literaturePolitical plays, EnglishHistory and criticismPolitics in literature.Kings and rulers in literature.Power (Social sciences) in literature.Political plays, EnglishHistory and criticism.822.33Moore Andrew1000935MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808813203321Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes4006615UNINA