Political Wisdom in Late Shakespeare - A Way Out of the Wreck

"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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Nicolas D. McAfee is the Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the Center for Thomas More Studies, located at the University of Dallas.

Summary

“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.

Product details

• Authors: Nicolas McAfee
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2024
• EAN: 9781666945621
• ISBN: 978-1-66694-562-1
• No. of pages: 186
• 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; English, 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