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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: McGrail, Mary Ann. Tyranny in Shakespeare. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2001 |
Named Person: | William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mary Ann McGrail |
ISBN: | 9780739162040 0739162047 1299790577 9781299790575 0739104780 9780739104781 |
OCLC Number: | 855970055 |
Language Note: | English. |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (191 pages). |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction: Here May You See the Tyrant; Chapter 2. Macbeth: What Does the Tyrant?; Chapter 3. Richard III: That Excellent Grand Tyrant of the Earth; Chapter 4. The Winter's Tale: Leontes, A Jealous Tyrant; Chapter 5. The Tempest: A Plague Upon the Tyrant That I Serve; Chapter 6. Conclusion: Time's Tyranny; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. |
Series Title: | Applications of political theory. |
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Abstract:
For Shakespeare, tyranny is a perpetual political and human problem. This work locates Shakespeare's expansive definition of tyranny between the definitions accepted by classical and modern political philosophy.
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To be at once subtle and clear is no small achievement, but Mary Ann McGrail makes it seem deceptively easy. Her fine study sheds a new, bright light on Shakespeare's profound explorations of the impulse to tyrannize over others. -- Ralph Lerner, University of Chicago Read more...
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