{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-trump-paperback-softback-9781439919422","title":"Shakespeare and Trump (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439919422","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShakespeare and Trump\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeffrey R. Wilson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439919422\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 April 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages, 16 halftones, 1 figs.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.382 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“‘What means that trump?’\u003ci\u003e Jeffrey Wilson sounds the Shakespearean resonances of the presidency, from controversial productions to what he terms ‘politicitation.’ Animated by a frank, searching voice, Wilson’s book energetically chronicles our dramatic moment-and how it might end.\u003c\/i\u003e”-\u003cb\u003eScott Newstok\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Think Like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAs Wilson illustrates, the political drama that has unfolded since 2016 is tragedy, comedy, and history rolled into one-and the consequence, in part, of a failure in the humanities to instill the moral and civic lessons that bind us. Serving as a corrective, this book reveals how understanding our present moment through a Shakespearean lens offers the possibility of healing and redemption-not only for the bitter political divide among Americans but also for the American democratic experiment itself.\u003c\/i\u003e”-\u003cb\u003eAsha Rangappa\u003c\/b\u003e, Senior Lecturer at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eShould we draw an analogy between Shakespeare’s tyrants-Richard III, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and King Lear-and Donald Trump? In \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Trump, \u003c\/i\u003eJeffrey Wilson applies literary criticism to real life, examining plot, character, villainy, soliloquy, tragedy, myth, and metaphor to identify the formal features of the Trump phenomenon, and its hidden causes, structure, and meanings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilson\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eapproaches his comparison prismatically. He first considers two high-concept (read: far-fetched) Shakespeare adaptations penned by Trump’s former chief political strategist Steve Bannon. He looks at University of Pennsylvania students protesting Trump by taking down a monument to Shakespeare. He reads Trump’s first 100 days in office against Netflix’s \u003ci\u003eHouse of Cards. \u003c\/i\u003eWilson also addresses the summer 2017 Shakespeare in the Park production of \u003ci\u003eJulius Caesar \u003c\/i\u003ewherein an assassination of a Trump-ian leader caused corporations to withdraw sponsorship. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese stories reveal a surprising-and bizarre-relationship between the provincial English playwright and the billionaire President of the United States, ostensibly a medieval king living in a modern world. The comparison reveals a politics that blends villainy and comedy en route to tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670800986392,"sku":"9781439919422","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/shakespeare-and-trump-paperback-softback-9781439919422","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}