{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-trump-9781439919422","title":"Shakespeare and Trump","description":"\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\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439919422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Jeffrey R. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36650979131548,"sku":"9781439919422","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5012a97e-3d5c-4d66-ac44-a0a85344d022.jpg?v=1603876543","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/shakespeare-and-trump-9781439919422","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}