LEADER 03811nam 22005892 450 001 9910824021203321 005 20160809161648.0 010 $a1-4744-0638-6 010 $a0-7486-8242-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748682423 035 $a(CKB)2670000000596018 035 $a(EBL)1962344 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001421569 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12539642 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001421569 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11425443 035 $a(PQKB)10136666 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780748682423 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1962344 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001193170 035 $a(DE-B1597)619413 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748682423 035 $a(OCoLC)1301548523 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000596018 100 $a20150518d2014|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRethinking Shakespeare's political philosophy $efrom Lear to Leviathan /$fAlex Schulman$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 231 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aEdinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Aug 2016). 311 $a0-7486-8241-4 311 $a1-322-98147-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- I: Shakespearean antiquity -- The birth of tragicomedy (In the defeat of Hector by Ulysses) -- Pagan Christs: Politics in the Roman plays -- II: Shakespearean modernity -- "King Lear" and the state of nature -- Shakespeare's "Novus Ordo Seclorum": Freedom and authority in the English Histories -- Shakespeare and the Theological-Political Problem. 330 $aWhat were Shakespeare's politics? As this study demonstrates, contained in Shakespeare's plays is an astonishingly powerful reckoning with the tradition of Western political thought, one whose depth and scope places Shakespeare alongside Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes and others. This book is the first attempt by a political theorist to read Shakespeare within the trajectory of political thought as one of the authors of modernity. From Shakespeare's interpretation of ancient and medieval politics to his wrestling with issues of legitimacy, religious toleration, family conflict, and economic change, Alex Schulman shows how Shakespeare produces a fascinating map of modern politics at its crisis-filled birth. As a result, there are brand new readings of Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, King Lear, Richard II and Henry IV, parts I and II , The Merchant of Venice and Measure for Measure. Key Features * Offers original interpretations of many of Shakespeare's plays from the vantage point of political theory *Challenges the reigning viewpoint among political theorists that Shakespeare affirms ancient concepts of political virtue *Extends discussion of Shakespeare's political beyond his Elizabethan/Jacobean context *Demonstrates the relevance of narrative and its various modes (comedy, tragedy, history, etc.) to our understanding of the human as a political animal 410 0$aEdinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy. 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh$2bisacsh 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. 676 $a822.3/3 686 $aHI 3385$qBVB$2rvk 700 $aSchulman$b Alex$01255771 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824021203321 996 $aRethinking Shakespeare's political philosophy$94036038 997 $aUNINA