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Tyrant - Shakespeare on Politics

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Tyrant - Shakespeare on Politics

By Stephen Greenblatt

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About the book

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, politica...Show more

Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800

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ISBN

9780393635751

Publisher

WW Norton & Co

Published year

2018

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Hardcover

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