Of Philosophers and Kings: Political Philosophy in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' and 'King Lear'.(Book Review)

Publication: The Modern Language Review

Publication Date: 01-JUL-04

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Of Philosophers and Kings: Political Philosophy in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' and 'King Lear'. By LEON HAROLD CRAIG. Toronto, Buffalo, NY, and London: University of Toronto Press. 2001. xi+406 pp. $70; 50 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-8020-3571-x.

Of Philosophers and Kings combines relatively unproblematic contentions, commonplaces even, with a range of wholly untenable views. Only a reviewer, I suspect, will be subjected to the trials of reading this book in its entirety: for reasons known only to the writer and publisher, 268 pages of digressive text are accompanied by an additional 124 pages of endnotes consisting, in the main, of lengthy quotations from...

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