Author: George Wilkes
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385544661
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Shakespeare, from an American Point of View. Including an Inquiry as to His Religious Faith, and His Knowledge of Law, with the Baconian Theory Considered
Author: George Wilkes
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385544661
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385544661
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Shakespeare, from an American Point of View
Author: George Wilkes
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Category : Religion in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Category : Religion in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Shakespeare in a Divided America
Author: James Shapiro
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525522298
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
One of the New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year • A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • A New York Times Notable Book A timely exploration of what Shakespeare’s plays reveal about our divided land. “In this sprightly and enthralling book . . . Shapiro amply demonstrates [that] for Americans the politics of Shakespeare are not confined to the public realm, but have enormous relevance in the sphere of private life.” —The Guardian (London) The plays of William Shakespeare are rare common ground in the United States. For well over two centuries, Americans of all stripes—presidents and activists, soldiers and writers, conservatives and liberals alike—have turned to Shakespeare’s works to explore the nation’s fault lines. In a narrative arching from Revolutionary times to the present day, leading scholar James Shapiro traces the unparalleled role of Shakespeare’s four-hundred-year-old tragedies and comedies in illuminating the many concerns on which American identity has turned. From Abraham Lincoln’s and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth’s, competing Shakespeare obsessions to the 2017 controversy over the staging of Julius Caesar in Central Park, in which a Trump-like leader is assassinated, Shakespeare in a Divided America reveals how no writer has been more embraced, more weaponized, or has shed more light on the hot-button issues in our history.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525522298
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
One of the New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year • A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • A New York Times Notable Book A timely exploration of what Shakespeare’s plays reveal about our divided land. “In this sprightly and enthralling book . . . Shapiro amply demonstrates [that] for Americans the politics of Shakespeare are not confined to the public realm, but have enormous relevance in the sphere of private life.” —The Guardian (London) The plays of William Shakespeare are rare common ground in the United States. For well over two centuries, Americans of all stripes—presidents and activists, soldiers and writers, conservatives and liberals alike—have turned to Shakespeare’s works to explore the nation’s fault lines. In a narrative arching from Revolutionary times to the present day, leading scholar James Shapiro traces the unparalleled role of Shakespeare’s four-hundred-year-old tragedies and comedies in illuminating the many concerns on which American identity has turned. From Abraham Lincoln’s and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth’s, competing Shakespeare obsessions to the 2017 controversy over the staging of Julius Caesar in Central Park, in which a Trump-like leader is assassinated, Shakespeare in a Divided America reveals how no writer has been more embraced, more weaponized, or has shed more light on the hot-button issues in our history.
Shakespeare's Politics
Author: Allan Bloom
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226060411
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Taking the classical view that the political shapes man's consciousness, Allan Bloom considers Shakespeare as a profoundly political Renaissance dramatist. He aims to recover Shakespeare's ideas and beliefs and to make his work once again a recognized source for the serious study of moral and political problems. In essays looking at Julius Caesar, Othello, and The Merchant of Venice, Bloom shows how Shakespeare presents a picture of man that does not assume privileged access for only literary criticism. With this claim, he argues that political philosophy offers a comprehensive framework within which the problems of the Shakespearean heroes can be viewed. In short, he argues that Shakespeare was an eminently political author. Also included is an essay by Harry V. Jaffa on the limits of politics in King Lear. "A very good book indeed . . . one which can be recommended to all who are interested in Shakespeare." —G. P. V. Akrigg "This series of essays reminded me of the scope and depth of Shakespeare's original vision. One is left with the impression that Shakespeare really had figured out the answers to some important questions many of us no longer even know to ask."-Peter A. Thiel, CEO, PayPal, Wall Street Journal Allan Bloom was the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor on the Committee on Social Thought and the co-director of the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy at the University of Chicago. Harry V. Jaffa is professor emeritus at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate School.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226060411
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Taking the classical view that the political shapes man's consciousness, Allan Bloom considers Shakespeare as a profoundly political Renaissance dramatist. He aims to recover Shakespeare's ideas and beliefs and to make his work once again a recognized source for the serious study of moral and political problems. In essays looking at Julius Caesar, Othello, and The Merchant of Venice, Bloom shows how Shakespeare presents a picture of man that does not assume privileged access for only literary criticism. With this claim, he argues that political philosophy offers a comprehensive framework within which the problems of the Shakespearean heroes can be viewed. In short, he argues that Shakespeare was an eminently political author. Also included is an essay by Harry V. Jaffa on the limits of politics in King Lear. "A very good book indeed . . . one which can be recommended to all who are interested in Shakespeare." —G. P. V. Akrigg "This series of essays reminded me of the scope and depth of Shakespeare's original vision. One is left with the impression that Shakespeare really had figured out the answers to some important questions many of us no longer even know to ask."-Peter A. Thiel, CEO, PayPal, Wall Street Journal Allan Bloom was the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor on the Committee on Social Thought and the co-director of the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy at the University of Chicago. Harry V. Jaffa is professor emeritus at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate School.
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Author: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)
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Languages : en
Pages : 958
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Languages : en
Pages : 958
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Emerson, Melville, James, Berryman
Author: Peter Rawlings
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441121072
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
A comprehensive analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors. This volume focuses on Shakespeare's reception by major American writers and poets.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441121072
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
A comprehensive analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors. This volume focuses on Shakespeare's reception by major American writers and poets.
The American Catalogue
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
American national trade bibliography.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
American national trade bibliography.
The Shakespearean Myth
Author: Appleton Morgan
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Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Languages : en
Pages : 366
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The Chicago Legal News
Author:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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The American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford 1955-1985
Author: Roberta Krensky Cooper
Publisher: Associated University Presses
ISBN: 9780918016881
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher: Associated University Presses
ISBN: 9780918016881
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description