The Ancients and Shakespeare on Time : Some Remarks on the War of Generations

In The Ancients and Shakespeare on Time Piotr Nowak depicts a world where tradition - devoid of gravity, "Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything" - attempts to curb the young and new, while youth resists with all its power, vitality and characteristic insolence. The wars of generations, which Nowak explores in the works of Plato, Aristophanes and Shakespeare, pertain to the essence and meaning of time. They make up the dramatic tensions in the transgenerational dialogue between the old and the young Content: Cover Title Page Copyright Page Table Of Contents Preface Acknowledgements List Of Abbreviations Introduction Part One: The Ancients One Senility, Youth And Justice: Some Remarks On The First Book Of The Republic 1. The Old Age 2. Justice And Money 3. Justice To Friends And Enemies 4. Enter Youth 5. Philosopher's Justice Two The Last Step In The Clouds 1. Satire 2. The Old Fool And The Young Nihilist 3. The Last Step Three The City Of Women 1. The Clandestine Lamp 2. The Feminized Men 3. The Female Order 4. ""Affirmative Action"" 5. Sexual Communism. Part Two: ShakespeareFour King Lear, Or The Battle Of Generations 1. The War Of Generations 2. Cutting the Cake 3. Brothers 4. Passion And Power 5. The Generational Experience 6. Conclusion Five Gods And Children: Shakespeare Reads The Prince 1. The Virtuous Scapegoat 2. A False Substitute 3. The Limits Of Power 4. A Puppeteer 5. Immorality Of Oldsters 6. The Final Mastery Six Spelling The Tempest 1. Shakespearian Realism 2. Astrology 3. Portrait Of A Magician 4. Anti-faust 5. Crisis Of The Republic 6. Abdication 7. Old Age In Renaissance 8. Prospero's ""Kenosis"" 9. Return Into OblivionWorks Cited About the Author Index. "In this book, Piotr Nowak depicts a world where tradition -- devoid of gravity, 'Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything' -- attempts to curb the young and new, while youth resists with all its power, vitality and characteristic insolence. The wars of generations, which Nowak explores in the works of Plato, Aristophanes and Shakespeare, pertain to the essence and meaning of time. They make up the dramatic tensions in the transgenerational dialogue between the old and the young"-- Back cover In this book, Piotr Nowak depicts a world where tradition #x96; devoid of gravity, #x93;Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything#x94; #x96; attempts to curb the young and new, while youth resists with all its power, vitality and characteristic insolence. The wars of generations, which Nowak explores in the works of Plato, Aristophanes and Shakespeare, pertain to the essence and meaning of time. They make up the dramatic tensions in the transgenerational dialogue between the old and the young