Shakespeare's Politics
A Politics, Nonfiction book. The most striking fact about contemporary university students is that there is no longer...
Taking the classical view that the political shapes man's consciousness, Allan Bloom considers Shakespeare as a profoundly political Renaissance dramatist. He aims to recover Shakespeare's ideas and beliefs and to make his work once again a recognized source for the serious study of moral and political problems.In essays looking at Julius Caesar, Othello, and The Merchant of Venice, Bloom shows how Shakespeare presents a picture of man that does not assume privileged access for only literary criticism. With this claim, he argues that political philosophy offers a comprehensive framework within which the problems of the Shakespearean heroes can be viewed. In short, he argues that Shakespeare was an eminently political author. Also included is an essay by Harry V. Jaffa on the limits of politics in King Lear."A very good book indeed . . . one which can be recommended to all who are interested in Shakespeare." —G. P. V. Akrigg"This series of essays reminded me of the scope and depth of Shakespeare's original vision. One is left with the impression that Shakespeare really had figured out the answers to...
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- Pages: 160 pages
- ISBN: 9780226060415 / 226060411
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The most striking fact about contemporary university students is that there is no longer any canon of books which forms their taste and imagination...This state of affairs itself reflects the deeper fact of the decay of the common understanding of - and agreement on - first principles that is characteristic of our times. Allan Bloom, Shakespeare's Politics
Allan Bloom gives me a deeper understanding of the moral and political nature of Shakespeare's plays. For years I watched or read the plays for the entertainment value. After reading "Shakespeare's Politics" I watch or read them to understand the moral and political philosophy of Shakespeare. We all knew Shakespeare was a great writer... The book is short and engaging. The basic premise is surely right, that we should be looking for what Shakespeare has to say about politics and society. He was writing in an intensely political milieu, and his audience included senior statesmen. Moreover, he was writing in an era where it was assumed that reflecting on society and politics... The most incisive series of essays I've ever read on Shakespeare. I will never read King Lear the same way after reading Jaffa's explanation of Scene I, Lear's plan, and the love test. These authors understand human nature, and have admirably refined and enlarged my understanding of Shakespeare's politics.
