Violence and Grace : Exceptional Life between Shakespeare and Modernity / Nichole E. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Nichole E., author.

Series:

Rethinking the Early Modern.

Rethinking the Early Modern

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy--20th century.

Political science.

Sex role in literature.

Violence in literature.

Politics and literature--England--History--16th century.

Politics and literature.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English drama.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 245 pages )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Violence and Grace , Nichole Miller establishes a conceptual link between early modern English drama and twentieth-century political theology, both of which emerge from the experience of political crisis.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction. The Problem: Exceptional Life

Part One: States of Affliction

Prologue. The Sexual Politics of Pain: Hannah Arendt Meets Shakespeare's Shrew

Chapter One. Undead Letters: Reading the Relic between Marlowe and Kantorowicz

Chapter Two. The Revenger's Decision: Exceptional Law between Middleton and Schmitt

Part Two: States of Grace

Chapter Three. Sacred Life and Sacrificial Economy: Coriolanus in No-Man's-Land

Chapter Four. The Aesthetics of Messianic Time: Gravity and Grace in King Lear

Chapter Five. Paul's Call

Cymbeline's Calling

Epilogue. Last Words: The Stakes of Reading / Political Life

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8101-6808-1

OCLC:

900173422