{"product_id":"messiahs-and-machiavellians-depicting-evil-in-the-modern-theatre-9780268022952","title":"Messiahs and Machiavellians: Depicting Evil in the Modern Theatre","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul Corey\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Drama\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMessiahs and Machiavellians\u003c\/em\u003e is an innovative exploration of \"modern evil\" in works of early- and late-modern theatre, raising issues about ethics, politics, religion, and aesthetics that speak to our present condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Corey examines how theatre--which expressed a key political dynamic both in the Renaissance and the twentieth century--lays open the impulses that instigated modernity and, ultimately, unparalleled levels of violence and destruction. Starting with Albert Camus' \u003cem\u003eCaligula\u003c\/em\u003e and Samuel Beckett's \u003cem\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/em\u003e, then turning to Machiavelli's \u003cem\u003eMandragola\u003c\/em\u003e and Shakespeare's \u003cem\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003c\/em\u003e, Corey traces the emergence of two dominant, intertwining features of modern evil: an unrestrained pursuit of power and the utopian desire for perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorey's imaginative and convincing readings of these plays, based on detailed textual analysis, move beyond the accounts usually offered by literary critics. Drawing on political, theological, and philosophical sources--a combination as fertile as it is unusual--Corey's methodology allows him to make keen and subtle arguments about the eschatological nature of modern politics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611561115799,"sku":"9780268022952","price":4261.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780268022952.webp?v=1775071472","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/messiahs-and-machiavellians-depicting-evil-in-the-modern-theatre-9780268022952","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}