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University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis
Greenberg offers a powerful interpretation of the classical stage in its relationship to the emergence of absolutism in Europe. The originality and strength of the book reside in its fascinating integration of texts dealing with political theory,...
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Greenberg offers a powerful interpretation of the classical stage in its relationship to the emergence of absolutism in Europe. The originality and strength of the book reside in its fascinating integration of texts dealing with political theory, psychoanalysis, history, and literature
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-211) and index
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Contents; A Note on Translations; Preface; Introduction; Chaos; Spectacle; Oedipus; Chapter 1 Shakespeare's Othello and the ""Problem"" of Anxiety; Chapter 2 Fuenteovejuna: The Ideology of Loss and the Myth of History; Chapter 3 La vida es sueno: Patriarchy's Sacrifice; Chapter 4 Playing Dead: Corneille's Canon and Absolute Tragedy; Chapter 5 Racine's Bérénice and the Allegory of Absolutism; Notes; Index