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Shakespeare & the ethics of war / edited by Patrick Gray.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3017 .S258 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Shakespeare &.
- Shakespeare & ; volume 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Political and social views.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Political and social views.
- War in literature.
- Politics and literature.
- Literature and history.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 164 pages ; 21 cm.
- Other Title:
- Shakespeare and the ethics of war
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2019.
- Summary:
- "How does Shakespeare represent war? This volume reviews scholarship to date on the question and introduces new perspectives, looking at contemporary conflict through the lens of the past. Through his haunting depiction of historical bloodshed, including the Trojan War, the fall of the Roman Republic, and the Wars of the Roses, Shakespeare illuminates more recent political violence, ranging from the British occupation of Ireland to the Spanish Civil War, the Balkans War, and the past several decades of U. S. military engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Can a war be just? What is the relation between the ruler and the ruled? What motivates ethnic violence? Shakespeare's plays serve as the frame for careful explorations of perennial problems of human co-existence: the politics of honor, the ethics of diplomacy, the responsibility of non-combatants, and the tension between idealism and Realpolitik"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "Originally published as a special issue of Critical Survey, volume 30, number 1."-- Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Shakespeare and the ethics of war
- ISBN:
- 9781789202618
- 1789202612
- 9781789202625
- 1789202620
- OCLC:
- 1105747886
- Publisher Number:
- 99982134918
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