{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-the-body-politic-9780739170953","title":"Shakespeare and the Body Politic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMetaphors animate Shakespeare's corpus, and one of the most prominent is the image of the body. Sketched out in the eternal lines of his plays and poetry, and often drawn in exquisite detail, variations on the body metaphor abound in the works of Shakespeare. Attention to the political dimensions of this metaphor in Shakespeare and the Body Politic permits readers to examine the sentiments of romantic love and family life, the enjoyment of peace, prosperity and justice, and the spirited pursuit of honor and glory as they inevitably emerge within the social, moral, and religious limits of particular political communities. The lessons to be learned from such an examination are both timely and timeless. For the tensions between the desires and pursuits of individuals and the health of the community forge the sinews of every body politic, regardless of the form it may take or even where and when one might encounter it. In his plays and poetry Shakespeare illuminates these tensions within t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[T]he articles provide interesting and instructive perspectives. Teachers and students within the undergraduate forums of several disciplines should find ideas to explore here, as well as a useful bibliography. * Sixteenth Century Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"The abundance of fresh insights in this collection owes to the contributors' uncommon familiarity with issues that distinguish early modern from classical political thought.\" -- John Alvis, professor and director, American Studies Program, University of Dallas\u003cbr\u003e“This lively collection of essays, assembled by Bernard J. Dobski and Dustin Gish, organizes its contents under three rubrics: the heart, the limbs, and the head. The book is an insightful exploration of one of Shakespeare's most enduring metaphors: that of the political state as a sentient body whose parts, in Menenius's memorable fable in Coriolanus, correspond to the human frame, with the belly as the senators of Rome, sending nourishment through the \"rivers\" of the blood to all \"the cranks and offices of man\" only to meet with the insolent defiance of the \"mutinous members,\" the populace, the outward limbs. This concept, explored with fresh analysis and fruitful observations in this collection, gives us much to think about in Shakespeare's world where princes, statesmen, nobles, clergymen, and commoners are all political actors. The body politic, in the words of this volume's editors, is ‘perhaps the most vivid and enduring image in speech describing political community ever proposed.’” -- David Bevington, Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Preface  Chapter 1: Shakespeare and the Body Politic Bernard J. Dobski and Dustin Gish  Part One: The Heart   Chapter 2: “The Very Heart of Loss”: Love and Politics in Antony and Cleopatra Joseph Alulis   Chapter 3: Julius Caesar: The Problem of Classical Republicanism Timothy Burns  Chapter 4: Who is Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar? Nasser Behnegar  Chapter 5: Love, Honor,and Community in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Pamela Jensen   Part Two: The Limbs   Chapter 6: At War ‘Twixt Will and Will Not: Government, Marriage, and Grace  in Measure for Measure Peter Meilaender   Chapter 7: Trojan Horse or Troilus’ Whore? Pandering Statecraft and Political Stagecraft  in Troilus and Cressida Nalin Ranasinghe   Chapter 8: Shakespeare’s The Rape of Lucrece: Honor and Republicanism  Robert Schaefer   Chapter 9: Hotspur and Falstaff vs. The Politicians: Shakespeare’s View of Honor Timothy Spiekerman  Part Three: The Head  Chapter 10: Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, and Philosophy: A Preliminary Inquiry George Anastaplo  Chapter 11: Taming the Shrew: Shakespeare, Machiavelli, and Political Philosophy  Dustin Gish  Chapter 12: The Education of Edgar in Shakespeare’s King Lear Laurence D. Nee  Chapter 13: Shakespeare and the Comedy and Tragedy of Liberalism David K. Nichols  List of Contributors  Index","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037510238551,"sku":"9780739170953","price":78.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780739170953.jpg?v=1750936029","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-the-body-politic-9780739170953","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}