Politics, Literature, and Film in Conversation

Essays in Honor of Mary P. Nichols

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

AvMatthew D. Dinan,Natalie Taylor,Denise Schaeffer,Paul E. Kirkland

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This volume presents a series of essays in honor of noted scholar of political theory, Mary P. Nichols. The essays reflect Nichols’ pathbreaking work in ancient Greek political thought, as well as her influential treatments of works of literature and film in conversation with political theory. Part I: Conversations Concerning Love and Friendship features essays about the philosophical meaning of human connection and affection. Part II: Conversations Between Politics and Poetry looks at the political significance of art, and the ways in which political rule can be understood to be “artistic” or poetic. Part III: Conversations from Tragedy to Comedy considers whether the human need for community is something to be lamented or celebrated. Broad in scope and interdisciplinary in approach, the essays in this volume address authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Machiavelli, Mary Wollstonecraft, G.W.F. Hegel, Jane Austen, Henry James, William Faulkner, Albert Camus, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, as well as the films of Woody Allen and Whit Stillman.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-05-04
Mått164 x 228 x 24 mm
Vikt540 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePolitics, Literature, & Film
Antal sidor244
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498585897

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IntroductionMatthew Dinan and Denise SchaefferPart I – Conversations about Love and FriendshipChapter 1 The Good, Truth, and Friendship in Aristotle’s Nicomachean EthicsStephen Block and Patrick CainChapter2: Friendship and the Solitude of Greatness: The Case of Charles de GaulleDaniel MahoneyChapter 3: Love and Friendship in Henry James’s The BostoniansLisa Pace VetterChapter 4: Whit Woody Barcelona: Love and Friendship in Whit Stillman’s Barcelona and Woody Allen’s Vicky, Cristina, BarcelonaAnn Ward and Lee WardPart II – Conversations Between Politics and PoetryChapter 5: Putting Together Courage and Moderation in Plato and ShakespeareKenneth DeLucaChapter 6: Shakespeare’s Princess: Education for Love and Rule in The TempestPaul E. KirklandChapter 7: Reading Tolkien through the Lens of Solzhenitsyn’s Analysis of Ideology: On Art, Responsibility, and ProgressGermaine Paulo WalshChapter 8: Social Dance in the Films of Whit StillmanCarl Eric ScottPart III – Conversations From Tragedy to ComedyChapter 9: History, Tragedy and Rebellion in Camus’ Adaptation of Faulkner’s Requiem for a NunDenise SchaefferChapter 10: A Vindication of Novels: Jane Austen’s Conversation with Mary WollstonecraftNatalie Fuehrer TaylorChapter 11: From Tragedy to Love: Shakespeare’s The Winter’s TaleSara MacDonaldChapter 12: The Tragic and the Equitable in Aristotle’s Poetics and EthicsStephen Sims

“Politics, Literature & Film in Conversation consists of twelve tributes to a teacher for whom teaching how to read with depth and care proves inseparable from caring deeply about those she teaches. Each contribution stands as an example of a thought central in the life and work of Mary Nichols—that philosophy, while extraordinary, must be embedded in, and inseparable from, the ordinary. These beautifully written chapters indicate just how successful she has been as a scholar, a teacher, and a friend. “