Shakespeare the Renaissance Humanist

Moral Philosophy and His Plays
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-58111-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 195 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 3648 g

During the Renaissance, moral philosophy came to permeate the minds of many, including the spectators that poured into Shakespeare's Globe theatre. Examining these strains of thought that formed the basis for humanism, Raspa delves into King Lear, Hamlet, among others to unlock what influence this had on both Shakespeare and his interpreters.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Raspa, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Shakespeare, the Critics, and Humanism
2. Metaphysics as the Way Things Are: King John and Hamlet
3. The Wisdom of King Lear
4. Macbeth's Imagination as Fatal Flaw
5. Beauty and Misfortune in Romeo and Juliet
6. Of Animals and Men: The Tempest

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Raspa is a Retired Professor of English at Laval University, Canada.