Soul of Statesmanship - Shakespeare on Nature, Virtue, and Political Wisdom

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Othello: Jealousy Becomes Tragic
Timothy Burns

2 Macbeth: The Spiritual Drama of the Tyrannical Soul
Carson Holloway

3 Wings as Swift as Love: Hamlet and the Virtues (and Vices) of a King
L. Joseph Hebert

4 Both False and True: Love, Death, and Poetry in Love's Labor's Lost
Denise Schaeffer and Mary P. Nichols

5 Jurisprudence in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice
Thomas Vincent Svogun

6 Christian Ethics and Political Moderation in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure
Luigi Bradizza

7 The Bastard in King John; or, On the Need for a Unified English Nation
Khalil M. Habib

8 To Make High Majesty Look Like Itself: Shakespeare's Richard II and the Nature of the Good Regime
Joseph Alulis

9 "This Blessed Plot": Divine Justice and Law from Richard II's Trial by Combat to Henry V's Battle of Agincourt
David Alvis

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Khalil Habib is associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College.L. Joseph Hebert Jr. is director of pre-law studies and professor of political science at St. Ambrose University.Khalil Habib is associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College.L. Joseph Hebert Jr. is director of pre-law studies and professor of political science at St. Ambrose University.Carson Holloway is professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha Micah Watson is is Paul Henry professor of Christianity and Politics at Calvin University

Zusammenfassung

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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Khalil M. Hebert Jr. Habib
• Mitarbeit: Khalil M. Habib (Herausgeber), Habib Khalil M. (Herausgeber), L. Joseph Hebert Jr (Herausgeber), L. Joseph Hebert Jr. (Herausgeber), L. Joseph Hebert Jr. (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781498543286
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4328-6
• Seiten: 224
• Serie: Politics, Literature, & Film
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean