Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics

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Author: Stephen Greenblatt ISBN: 9780393635768
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: May 8, 2018
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Stephen Greenblatt
ISBN: 9780393635768
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: May 8, 2018
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

**"Brilliant, beautifully organized, exceedingly readable."—Philip Roth

World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright’s insight into bad (and often mad) rulers.**

Examining the psyche—and psychoses—of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the disasters visited upon the societies over which these characters rule. Tyrant shows that Shakespeare’s work remains vitally relevant today, not least in its probing of the unquenchable, narcissistic appetites of demagogues and the self-destructive willingness of collaborators who indulge them.

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**"Brilliant, beautifully organized, exceedingly readable."—Philip Roth

World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright’s insight into bad (and often mad) rulers.**

Examining the psyche—and psychoses—of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the disasters visited upon the societies over which these characters rule. Tyrant shows that Shakespeare’s work remains vitally relevant today, not least in its probing of the unquenchable, narcissistic appetites of demagogues and the self-destructive willingness of collaborators who indulge them.

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