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ISBN-10: 0393356973
ISBN-13: 9780393356977
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 05/14/2019
Dimensions: 8.10" L, 5.40" W, 0.60" H

Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics

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Examining the psyche–and psychoses–of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the disasters visited upon the societies over which these characters rule. Tyrant shows that Shakespeare’s work remains vitally relevant today, not least in its probing of the unquenchable, narcissistic appetites of demagogues and the self-destructive willingness of collaborators who indulge their appetites.

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Rarely have these blood-soaked creatures seemed so recognizably human and so contemporary.–John Lithgow
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Details

ISBN-10: 0393356973
ISBN-13: 9780393356977
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 05/14/2019
Dimensions: 8.10" L, 5.40" W, 0.60" H
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