Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics [Audiobook] download free by Stephen Greenblatt
- Listen audiobook: Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics
- Author: Stephen Greenblatt
- Release date: 2018/7/9
- Publisher: WW NORTON & CO
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9780393635751
- Rating: 8.59 of 10
- Votes: 546
- Review by: Theresia Mims
- Review rating: 8.27 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/14
- Duration: 2H44M15S in 256 kbps (44.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-15
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG-4 SLS, WMA, ATRAC, AIFF, WAV, MPEG4, MP3, FLAC (compression LZ, RAR, TAR.XZ, AZW, ZIP, TBZ)
- Total pages original book: 224
- Includes a PDF summary of 25 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 18M4S (5 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: 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. Cherished institutions seem fragile, political classes are in disarray, economic misery fuels populist anger, people knowingly accept being lied to, partisan rancor dominates, spectacular indecency rules-these aspects of a society in crisis fascinated Shakespeare and shaped some of his most memorable plays. With uncanny insight, he shone a spotlight on the infantile psychology and unquenchable narcissistic appetites of demagogues-and the cynicism and opportunism of the various enablers and hangers-on who surround them-and imagined how they might be stopped. As Greenblatt shows, Shakespeare's work, in this as in so many other ways, remains vitally relevant today.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Poetry & Drama, Fascism & Nazism, Shakespeare Plays, Literary Studies: General, Literary Studies: C 1500 To C 1800, Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism
- Download servers: Uploaded, Mediafire, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, ExtraTorrent, Google Drive, BitShare, RoarFiles. Compressed in LZ, RAR, TAR.XZ, AZW, ZIP, TBZ
- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 21.45 USD
- Dimensions: 147x218x23mm
- Weight: 360g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: New York, United States
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