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The Soul of Statesmanship : Shakespeare on Nature, Virtue, and Political Wisdom.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Politics, Literature, and Film SeriesPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (226 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498543279
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Soul of StatesmanshipDDC classification:
  • 822.3/3
LOC classification:
  • PR2976 .S685 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Tragedy and the Folly of the Ruler -- 1 One That Loved Not Wisely But Too Well -- 2 Macbeth -- 3 Wings as Swift as Love -- Part II: Comedy and the Reign of Wisdom -- 4 Both False and True -- 5 Jurisprudence in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice -- 6 Christian Ethics and Political Moderation in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure -- Part III: History and Rule as the Measure of Statesmen -- 7 The Bastard in King John -- or, On the Need for a Unified English Nation -- 8 To Make High Majesty Look Like Itself -- 9 This Blessed Plot -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.
Summary: The authors of this volume explore the Bard's dramatization of perennial questions about human nature, moral virtue, and statesmanship. Reading his plays as works of philosophical literature enhances our understanding of political life and provides a source of advice and inspiration for the citizens and statesmen of today and tomorrow.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Tragedy and the Folly of the Ruler -- 1 One That Loved Not Wisely But Too Well -- 2 Macbeth -- 3 Wings as Swift as Love -- Part II: Comedy and the Reign of Wisdom -- 4 Both False and True -- 5 Jurisprudence in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice -- 6 Christian Ethics and Political Moderation in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure -- Part III: History and Rule as the Measure of Statesmen -- 7 The Bastard in King John -- or, On the Need for a Unified English Nation -- 8 To Make High Majesty Look Like Itself -- 9 This Blessed Plot -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.

The authors of this volume explore the Bard's dramatization of perennial questions about human nature, moral virtue, and statesmanship. Reading his plays as works of philosophical literature enhances our understanding of political life and provides a source of advice and inspiration for the citizens and statesmen of today and tomorrow.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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