Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics Kindle Edition
Description:
World-renowned poet scholar author Greenblatt explores the playwright’s insight into dangerous and usually mad and
wicked rulers. Observing the psyche—and psychoses—of the likes of King of England, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt enlightens some
of the ways in which Shakspere delved into
the lust for absolute power and
therefore the disasters visited upon the communities and societies
over which these characters rule. Tyrant shows that Shakespeare’s work remains
vitally relevant these days, not least in its inquisitory of the quenchless, egotistic appetites of
demagogues and therefore the dangerous temperament of
collaborators who face
them.