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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Edited by Khalil M. Habib and L. Joseph Hebert Jr. - Contributions by Khalil M. Habib; L. Joseph Hebert Jr.; Joseph Alulis; J. David Alvis; Luigi Bradizza; Timothy Burns; Carson Holloway; Mary P. Nichols; Denise Schaeffer and Thomas Vincent Svogun

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.

Product details

• Authors: Khalil M. Hebert Jr. Habib
• Assisted by: Khalil M. Habib (Editor), Habib Khalil M. (Editor), L. Joseph Hebert Jr (Editor), L. Joseph Hebert Jr. (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781498543286
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4328-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Politics, Literature, & Film
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; 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