EAN: 9780393635751

TYRANT - SHAKESPEARE ON POLITICS - STEPHEN GREE...

As an aging  tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power  a talented playwright probed the social
causes  the psychological roots  and the twisted consequences of tyranny. In exploring the
psyche (and psychoses) of the likes of Richard III  Macbeth  Lear  Coriolanus  and the
societies they rule over  Stephen Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare
delved into the lust for absolute power and the catastrophic consequences of its execution.
Cherished institutions seem fragile  political classes are in disarray  economic misery fuels
populist anger  people knowingly accept being lied to  partisan rancor dominates  spectacular
indecency rules - these aspects of a society in crisis fascinated Shakespeare and shaped some
of his most memorable plays. With uncanny insight  he shone a spotlight on the infantile
psychology and unquenchable narcissistic appetites of demagogues - and the cynicism and
opportunism of the various enablers and hangers-on who surround them—and imagined how they
might be stopped. As Greenblatt shows  Shakespeare’s work  in this as in so many other ways 
remains vitally relevant today.

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