Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics

by Stephen Greenblatt

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393635759
• ISBN13: 9780393635751
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.3"