Plato's Republic and Shakespeare's Rome
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| Author | : Barbara L. Parker |
| Publisher | : University of Delaware Press |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0874138612 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780874138610 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Plato's Republic and Shakespeare's Rome by : Barbara L. Parker
Book excerpt: This study contends that Plato's theory of constitutional decline provides the philosophical core of Shakespeare's Roman works; that Lucrece, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleopatra form a "Platonic" tetralogy collectively spanning the stages of timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyrrany; that this decline is prefigured and encapsulated in Titus Andronicus; and that all five works are oblique commentaries on England's political milieu. --book jacket.
