{"product_id":"political-wisdom-in-late-shakespeare-nicolas-mcafee-9781666945621","title":"Political Wisdom in Late Shakespeare: A Way Out of the Wreck","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe four last plays of Shakespeare's First Folio--\u003ci\u003eCymbeline\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHenry VIII\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e--provide underappreciated resources for political thought and reflection. \u003ci\u003ePolitical Wisdom in Late Shakespeare: A Way Out of the Wreck\u003c\/i\u003e examines the ruling communities in each of these plays, exploring what virtues are dramatized as necessary in a courtier's fulfillment of his or her political obligations. By lending courtly virtues their close attention, Shakespearean audiences can better appreciate how much a given court has been reformed or could be further reformed in the future. Indeed, these four late plays prove remarkably united in their presentation of five virtues--patience, piety, fidelity, clemency, and diligence--which consistently appear desirable for rulers to have and regimes to encourage. Moreover, the visions of tyranny offered in these plays remind readers how much is at stake should these courtly virtues decay or collapse. Their presence or absence signals whether any political community will, to borrow the language of \u003ci\u003eHenry VIII\u003c\/i\u003e, chart for themselves \"a way out of the wreck.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicolas McAfee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1666945625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666945621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Nicolas McAfee","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46024950350079,"sku":"9781666945621","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3b6e926-dc78-4eaf-933d-74feb8bea0a9.jpg?v=1723129606","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/political-wisdom-in-late-shakespeare-nicolas-mcafee-9781666945621","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}