Shakespeare's ideas : more things in heaven and earth
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Shakespeare's ideas : more things in heaven and earth
(Blackwell great minds, 7)
Wiley-Blackwell, 2008
- hardcover : alk.
- pbk. : alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An in-depth exploration, through his plays and poems, of the philosophy of Shakespeare as a great poet, a great dramatist and a "great mind".
Written by a leading Shakespearean scholar
Discusses an array of topics, including sex and gender, politics and political theory, writing and acting, religious controversy and issues of faith, skepticism and misanthropy, and closure
Explores Shakespeare as a great poet, a great dramatist and a "great mind"
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ix 1 A Natural Philosopher 1
2 Lust in Action
Shakespeare's Ideas on Sex and Gender 15
3 What is Honour?
Shakespeare's Ideas on Politics and Political Theory 42
4 Hold the Mirror Up to Nature
Shakespeare's Ideas on Writing and Acting 74
5 What Form of Prayer Can Serve My Turn?
Shakespeare's Ideas on Religious Controversy and Issues of Faith 106
6 Is Man No More Than This?
Shakespeare's Ideas on Scepticism, Doubt, Stoicism, Pessimism, Misanthropy 143
7 Here Our Play Has Ending
Ideas of Closure in the Late Plays 177
8 Credo 213
Further Reading 218
Index 227
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