A politics of the scene / Paul A. Kottman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kottman, Paul A., 1970-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.

Plato.

Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Political and social views.

Political and social views.

Plato--Political and social views.

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679--Political and social views.

Hobbes, Thomas.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Philosophy in literature.

Physical Description:

viii, 260 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2008.

Contents:

Part I Political Theory and the Expropriation of the Scene

1 From Theater to Theory 29

2 Plato: Mimesis 36

3 Hobbes; or, Politics without a Scene 54

4 The Image of the Leviathan: Figural Unity at the Limits of Representation 77

Part II Toward a Politics of the Scene

5 Toward a Politics of the Scene 99

6 Memory, Mimesis, Tragedy: The Scene Before Philosophy 116

7 Speaking as One Witness to Another: Hamlet and the "Cunning of the Scene" 139

8 A Scene of Speaking: Convocation and the Suspension of Tragedy in Romeo and Juliet 166

Epilogue: The World Stage 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-258) and index.

ISBN:

9780804758345

0804758344

OCLC:

123968693