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Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (5 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
Description
World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright's insight into bad (and often mad) rulers. 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...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"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."--...
