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Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes : dead body politics / Andrew Moore.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Politics, literature, & filmPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]Description: xiii, 175 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1498514073
  • 9781498514088 (ePub ebook)
  • 149851409X
  • 9781498514071
  • 9781498514095
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes.DDC classification:
  • 822.3/3 23
LOC classification:
  • PR3017 .M64 2016
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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 publisher.
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Books Books SPAA Library General Collection On Shelves PR3017 .M64 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out to Bradley Allan Trenaman (BT0127) 07/12/2025 0003066

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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 publisher.

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