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This serious, thoughtful book is well written and a pleasure to read. One can easily imagine Rothleder developing in class the points she makes in her text to engage students new to Plato's Republic and the plays of Shakespeare. Those who know these classics only too well will also be engaged--and delighted to see a familiar story told from a surprising perspective.... She focuses on three themes--the confusion of comedy and tragedy, the imbalance of polity and economy, and the debt that birth itself obligates one to pay--to evoke the moments of incredulity both characters and readers encounter. Highly recommended.

This serious, thoughtful book is well written and a pleasure to read. One can easily imagine Rothleder developing in class the points she makes in her text to engage students new to Plato's Republic and the plays of Shakespeare. Those who know these classics only too well will also be engaged-and delighted to see a familiar story told from a surprising perspective.... She focuses on three themes-the confusion of comedy and tragedy, the imbalance of polity and economy, and the debt that birth itself obligates one to pay-to evoke the moments of incredulity both characters and readers encounter. Highly recommended.

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Dianne Rothleder teaches in the Interdisciplinary Honors Program at Loyola University Chicago. She is the author of The Work of Friendship: Rorty, His Critics, and the Problem of Solidarity.

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