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Shakespeare and Machiavelli (Hardcover)
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Shakespeare and Machiavelli (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature
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A detailed comparison of Machiavelli with Shakespeare, grounded in
their common use of rhetoric. Although the question of
Machiavellian influence on Shakespeare has been thoroughly debated,
this book represents the first attempt to compare the two authors
in detail. The playwright and the political philosopher share a
commonground, a fascination with the motives and morality of
political action, which makes for remarkable similarities in their
presentation of the subject. In his deploying of the argument, the
author of Il Principe emerges as a dramatic writer, like his
English counterpart. The book, while taking in an obvious
"Machiavel" figure such as Richard III, considers Machiavelli in
relation to Shakespeare's depiction of more conventionally noble
princes such as HenryV, together with other monarchs from the
Henriad - Richard II and Henry IV - as well as King John. Though
the Shakespearean focus falls on the histories, tragic heroes such
as Hamlet and Macbeth also receive attention. The study concludes
with two chapters on the Roman plays and assesses Shakespeare's
representation of the problem of conscience (Julius Caesar) and
magnanimity (Antony and Cleopatra) in the light of Machiavelli's
republicanism. JOHN ROE is Senior Lecturer at the University of
York.
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