Screen LibraryShakespeare the renaissance humanist : moral philosophy and his plays /
"Shakespeare the Renaissance Humanist is a study of the moral philosophy that underlay the 'street' humanism in the mind of Shakespeare's spectator when he went to see Hamlet or King Lear at the Globe. The work examines the currents of thought at the basis of this humanism to sho...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Shakespeare the Renaissance Humanist is a study of the moral philosophy that underlay the 'street' humanism in the mind of Shakespeare's spectator when he went to see Hamlet or King Lear at the Globe. The work examines the currents of thought at the basis of this humanism to show how it functioned as a sort of everyday philosophy in the spectator's life and in the lives of Shakespeare's characters. Ideas inherited from the Ancient pagans and the medieval period were commingled daily as a matter of fact. The faculty of the reason in each person was a source of spiritual experience and specul |
| Carrier Form: | 195 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-181) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781137581112 (hardback) : 1137581115 (hardback) 9781137580153 (epub) 1137580151 (epub) 9781349572311 1349572314 |
| Index Number: | PR3007 |
| CLC: | I561.073 |
| Call Number: | I561.073/R226 |
| Contents: | Shakespeare, the Critics, and Humanism -- Metaphysics as the Way Things Are: King John and Hamlet -- The Wisdom of King Lear -- Macbeth's Imagination as Fatal Flaw -- Beauty and Misfortune in Romeo and Juliet -- Of Animals and Men: The Tempest. |