The Artistic Foundations of Nations and Citizens : Art, Literature, and the Political Community (Hardcover)

Introduction: The Artistic Foundations of Nations and Citizens: Art, Literature, and the Political Community Ann Ward ? Part I: Political Foundation, Citizen Virtue, and Nation in Visual Art ? 1. The Bayeux Tapestry: Nationalism Before Nations and Globes Marlene K. Sokolon ? 2. Justice, Peace, and the Common Good in Trecento Siena: A Political Study of Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Ben Comune Dustin Gish 3. J.W.M. Turner and Painting Politics: The Beauty of Britain Catherine Craig and Sara MacDonald ? Part II: Republicanism, Statesmanship, and Nation-Building in the Plays of William Shakespeare ? 4. Eros and Ordered Consent in A Midsummer Night’s Dream Carol McNamara ? 5. The Stagings and Statesmanship of Shakespeare’s Henry V Patrick N. Cain ? 6. What is a Nation? Shakespeare’s Reflections on Nation-Building in the Plays of Henry VI Mary P. Nichols ? Part III: The Early Modern and Contemporary Critique of Liberalism and Globalism ? 7. Violence and Colonial Politics in Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko Andrew Moore ? 8. Swift’s Criticism of the Narrative of Progress in Gulliver’s Voyage to Laputa Donal Gill ? 9. Judith Hermann's Nichts als Gespenster:? Globality, Ambient Romance and Identity Tourism Steven Joyce ? Part IV: Reflections on Nationalism in the American Political Novel ? 10. Neither Patriot Nor Saint: The Theological Implications of Twain’s Portrait of Nationalism in Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Bernard J. Dobski