Vickie Sullivan
 Political Theory
Professor, Dean of Academic Affairs for School of Arts & Sciences
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1990
The Comedy and Tragedy of Machiavelli: Essays on the Literary
Works
Synopsis:
Literary works, through their very personal means of
characterization, reveal the direct effect of politics on
individuals in a way a political treatise cannot. The distinguished
contributors to this volume share the belief that Shakespeare is the
author who most effectively sets forth the multifarious pageant of
politics. Shakespeare's rich canon presents monarchy and republic,
tyrant and king, thinker and soldier, and Christian and pagan. The
twelve essays in "Shakespeare's Political Pageant" discuss a broad
range of Shakespeare's dramatic poetry from the perspective of the
political theorist. This innovative book demonstrates the immense
value of seeing Shakespeare's plays in the context of political
philosophy. It will be an important source for students and scholars
of both political science and literature.
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Table of Contents:
| Preface |
vii |
| Acknowledgements |
xi |
| Part I:
Comedies |
|
| 1 |
The New Medea:
On Portia's Comic Triumph in
The Merchant of Venice
Michael Zuckert |
3 |
| 2 |
Fathers and
Children: Matter, Mirth, and
Melancholy in As You Like It
Joseph Alulis |
37 |
| 3 |
Wisdom and the
Law: Thoughts on the Political
Philosophy of Measure for
Measure
Barbara Tovey |
61 |
| 4 |
The Portrait of
Athens in A Midsummer Night's
Dream
David Lowenthal |
77 |
| Part II:
Histories |
|
| 5 |
Coming Home: The
Political Settlement in
Shakespeare's King John
Christopher Colmo |
91 |
| 6 |
The Education of
Hal: Henry VI, Parts One and
Two
Tim Spiekerman |
103 |
| 7 |
Princes to Act:
Henry V as the Machiavellian
Prince of Appearance
Vickie Sullivan |
125 |
|
Part III: Tragedies |
|
| 8 |
"This is
Venice": Politics in
Shakespeare's Othello
Pamela K. Jensen |
155 |
| 9 |
King Lear:
The Tragic Disjunction of Wisdom
and Power
Paul A. Cantor |
189 |
| 10 |
The Relation of
Thought and Action in Macbeth
Timothy Fuller |
209 |
| 11 |
Courage and
Impotence in Macbeth
Michael Davis |
219 |
| 12 |
"With Himself at
War": Shakespeare's Roman Hero
and the Republican Tradition |
237 |
|
Index |
263 |
|
About the Contributors |
275 |
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