Political Wisdom in Late Shakespeare
A Way Out of the Wreck
Seiten
2024
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-4562-1 (ISBN)
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-4562-1 (ISBN)
“A Way Out of the Wreck” explores the political wisdom contained in the four last plays of Shakespeare’s First Folio. These four plays prove remarkably united in their presentation of five virtues—patience, piety, fidelity, clemency, and diligence—which consistently appear desirable for rulers to have and regimes to encourage.
Political Wisdom in Late Shakespeare: A Way Out of the Wreck assesses the four last plays of Shakespeare’s First Folio—“Cymbeline,” “The Tempest,” “Henry VIII,” and “The Winter’s Tale”—providing underappreciated resources for political thought and reflection. This study examines the ruling communities in each of these plays, exploring what virtues are dramatized as necessary in a courtier’s fulfillment of his or her political obligations. By lending courtly virtues close attention, Shakespearean audiences can better appreciate how much a given court has been reformed or could be further improved in the future. Indeed, these four late plays prove remarkably united in their presentation of five virtues—patience, piety, fidelity, clemency, and diligence—which consistently appear desirable for rulers to have and for regimes to encourage. Moreover, the visions of tyranny offered in these plays remind readers how much is at stake should these virtues decay or collapse. The presence or absence of signals whether any political community will, to borrow the language of Henry VIII, chart for themselves “a way out of the wreck.”
Political Wisdom in Late Shakespeare: A Way Out of the Wreck assesses the four last plays of Shakespeare’s First Folio—“Cymbeline,” “The Tempest,” “Henry VIII,” and “The Winter’s Tale”—providing underappreciated resources for political thought and reflection. This study examines the ruling communities in each of these plays, exploring what virtues are dramatized as necessary in a courtier’s fulfillment of his or her political obligations. By lending courtly virtues close attention, Shakespearean audiences can better appreciate how much a given court has been reformed or could be further improved in the future. Indeed, these four late plays prove remarkably united in their presentation of five virtues—patience, piety, fidelity, clemency, and diligence—which consistently appear desirable for rulers to have and for regimes to encourage. Moreover, the visions of tyranny offered in these plays remind readers how much is at stake should these virtues decay or collapse. The presence or absence of signals whether any political community will, to borrow the language of Henry VIII, chart for themselves “a way out of the wreck.”
Nicolas D. McAfee is the Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the Center for Thomas More Studies, located at the University of Dallas.
Introduction: The Search for Political Wisdom in Late Shakespeare
Chapter 1: Reconstituting the Court of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline
Chapter 2: The Political Postmortems of Henry VIII
Chapter 3: The Rebirth of Political Community in The Winter’s Tale
Chapter 4: Prospero and His Competition
Conclusion: The Coherence of Shakespeare’s Courtly Virtues
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.06.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Politics, Literature, & Film |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 237 mm |
| Gewicht | 481 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-6669-4562-5 / 1666945625 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-6669-4562-1 / 9781666945621 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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