Shakespearean metaphysics

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Shakespearean metaphysics

Michael Witmore

（Shakespeare now!）

Continuum, c2008

  • : hardback
  • : paperback

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-129) index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: hardback ISBN 9780826490438

内容説明

This title offers a fresh approach to the plays that suggests they can be seen as metaphysical 'experiments' conducted in the medium of drama.Metaphysics is usually associated with that part of the philosophical tradition which asks about 'last things', questions such as: How many substances are there in the world? Which is more fundamental, quantity or quality? Are events prior to things, or do they happen to those things? While he wasn't a philosopher, Shakespeare was obviously interested in 'ultimates' of this sort. Instead of probing these issues with argument, however, he did so with plays. "Shakespearean Metaphysics" argues for Shakespeare's inclusion within a metaphysical tradition that opposes empiricism and Cartesian dualism.Through close readings of three major plays - "The Tempest", "King Lear" and "Twelfth Night" - Witmore proposes that Shakespeare's manner of depicting life on stage itself constitutes an 'answer' to metaphysical questions raised by later thinkers such as Spinoza, Bergson, and Whitehead. Each of these readings shifts the interpretative frame around the plays in radical ways; taken together they show the limits of our understanding of theatrical play as an 'illusion' generated by the physical circumstances of production."Shakespeare Now!" is a series of short books that engage imaginatively and often provocatively with the possibilities of Shakespeare's plays. It goes back to the source - the most living language imaginable - and recaptures the excitement, audacity and surprise of Shakespeare. It will return you to the plays with opened eyes.

目次

  • General Editors' Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1.Shakespearean Metaphysics and the Drama of Immanence
  • 2.Whitehead and the Final Satisfaction of Twelfth Night
  • 3.Lear's Intensity, Bergson's Divided Kingdom
  • 4. Spinoza and The Tempest: An Island of One Bibliographical Note and Further Reading
  • Index.
巻冊次

: paperback ISBN 9780826490445

内容説明

Metaphysics is usually associated with that part of the philosophical tradition which asks about 'last things', questions such as: How many substances are there in the world? Which is more fundamental, quantity or quality? Are events prior to things, or do they happen to those things? While he wasn't a philosopher, Shakespeare was obviously interested in 'ultimates' of this sort. Instead of probing these issues with argument, however, he did so with plays. Shakespearean Metaphysics argues for Shakespeare's inclusion within a metaphysical tradition that opposes empiricism and Cartesian dualism. Through close readings of three major plays - The Tempest, King Lear and Twelfth Night - Witmore proposes that Shakespeare's manner of depicting life on stage itself constitutes an 'answer' to metaphysical questions raised by later thinkers as Spinoza, Bergson, and Whitehead. Each of these readings shifts the interpretative frame around the plays in radical ways; taken together they show the limits of our understanding of theatrical play as an 'illusion' generated by the physical circumstances of production.

目次

  • General Editors' Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1.Shakespearean Metaphysics and the Drama of Immanence
  • 2.Whitehead and the Final Satisfaction of Twelfth Night
  • 3.Lear's Intensity, Bergson's Divided Kingdom
  • 4. Spinoza and The Tempest: An Island of One Bibliographical Note and Further Reading
  • Index.

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