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Article: Charismatic Authority in Early Modern English Tragedy.(Book Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- July 1, 2002
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Charismatic Authority in Early Modern English Tragedy. By RAPHAEL FALCO. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2000. x + 243 pp. 31 [pounds sterling].
Raphael Falco's interdisciplinary monograph applies Max Weber's sociological theories on charisma, combined with some Freudian ideas, to the study of Marlowe's Tamburlaine, Shakespeare's Richard II, Hamlet, and Othello, Milton's Samson Agonistes, and a group of five tragedies on the Cleopatra story, including those by Shakespeare, Daniel, and Dryden.
In agreement with Weber and his followers, Falco contends that charismatic groups form around a leader who shows exceptional abilities in times of ...