William Shakespeare and 21st-century culture, politics, and leadership : bard bites / edited by Kristin M.S. Bezio, Anthony Presti Russell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bezio, Kristin M. S., editor.

Russell, Anthony Presti, editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

New horizons in leadership studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.

Leadership in literature.

Politics in literature.

Civilization, Western--21st century.

Civilization, Western.

Leadership.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Political science.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

William Shakespeare and twenty-first-century culture, politics, and leadership

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

"William Shakespeare and 21st-Century Culture, Politics, and Leadership examines problems, challenges, and crises in our contemporary world through the lens of William Shakespeare's plays, one of the best-known, most admired, and often controversial authors of the last half-millennium. As perhaps the most oft-cited author in the West outside of the Judeo-Christian Bible, Shakespeare has often been considered a sage, providing manifold insights into our shared human qualities and experiences across time and geography. The editors and authors of this accessible book leverage the now truly global scope of that sibylline reputation to explore what the Bard might tell us about ourselves, our politics, our leaders, and our societies today. The chapters are written with critical rigor and will appeal to scholars and students in leadership and literary studies but are accessible to non-Shakespeare experts. Anyone looking to explore the ongoing relevance of Shakespeare's work will find this volume enlightening and entertaining"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I PERFORMANCE

1. Performance and the political subject in Richard II / Melissa Caldwell

2. "Liars and swearers": Shakespeare's Macbeth and the dissemblance of modem autocrats / Ryan Farrar

3. Learning about leadership from Coriolanus and Coriolanus / Peter Iver Kaufman

pt. II TRUTH

4. "Lies like truth": Macbeth and the American Dream / Anthony Presti Russell

5. When it is wise to play the fool: a lesson in servant leadership, courtesy of King Lear / Katey Roden

6. Post-truth and pre-truth: how rhetoric shapes reality in Boyle's Certain Physiological Essays, Shakespeare's Othello, and the language of Donald Trump / Samantha Dressel

pt. III RESISTANCE

7. Much ado about me too: the personal and political activism of Shakespeare's women / Jess Landis

8. The importance of highlighting the rotten state: a study of Vishal Bharadwaj's Haider (2014) and its subversive strategies / Debaditya Mukhopadhyay

9. The Shakespeare Company Japan and regional self-fashioning / Fumiaki Konno

pt. IV FREEDOM

10. "Mountainish inhumanity": the politics of religion, refugees, and ego from Sir Thomas More to Donald Trump / Kristin M. S. Bezio

11. Twelfth Night and gender fluidity / Maria Carrig

12. Shakespeare in other tongues: translation and adaptation into Yoruba and Hausa in text, film, and stage productions in Nigeria / Kayode Gboyega Kofoworola.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781839106415

1839106417

OCLC:

1242793378