Shakespeare and the Just War Tradition

Brought to light in this study is a connection between the treatment of war in Shakespeare's plays, and the issue of the 'just war', which loomed large both in religious and in lay treatises of Shakespeare's time. The book re-reads Shakespeare's representations of war in light of both the changing historical and political contexts in which they wer

List of contents

Introduction; Part One Ethics and Warfare: The Just War Tradition in Europe; Chapter 1 Christianity and the Ethics of Warface; Chapter 2 The Lay Tradition; Chapter 3 The 'Pacifist' Tradition; Part Two Theatres of War: Offstage and Onstage; Chapter 4 Elizabetha Triumphans; Chapter 5 Marlowe et alii; Chapter 6 Closer to Shakespeare; Part Three Shakespeare on War and Peace; Chapter 7 The Temper of War and Peace; Chapter 8 Ius ad bellum; Chapter 9 Ius in bello; Part Four Henry V and the Wars of Our Time; Chapter 10 The Just War of Henry V;

About the author

Paola Pugliatti has been Professor of English Literature at the University of Florence and has also taught at the Universities of Messina, Bologna and Pisa. She has written extensively on Shakespeare and on the European Renaissance; she is also the author of Beggary and Theatre in Early Modern England (Ashgate, 2003). Other fields of interest are the novel and textual genetics, with particular attention to the case of James Joyce's Ulysses

Summary

Brought to light in this study is a connection between the treatment of war in Shakespeare's plays, and the issue of the 'just war', which loomed large both in religious and in lay treatises of Shakespeare's time. The book re-reads Shakespeare's representations of war in light of both the changing historical and political contexts in which they wer

Product details

• Authors: Paola Pugliatti, Pugliatti Paola
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032924724
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3292472-4
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; RELIGION / General, DRAMA / General, HISTORY / Military / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, military history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Religion: general, Theatre Studies, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, Literature: history and criticism, Plays, Playscripts, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Classic and pre-20th century plays, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)