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Shakespeare and the truth-teller : confronting the cynic ideal /

Highlighting the necessity of literary thinking to political philosophy, this book explores Shakespeare's responses to sixteenth-century debates over the revolutionary potential of Cynic critical activity.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hershinow, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
Colección:Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Our cynic legacy
  • Cynicism and the courage of truth
  • The realist turn: parrhêsia, character and the limits of didacticism
  • Part II: Shakespeare's cynics
  • Shakespeare's bitter fool: the politics and aesthetics of free speech
  • Cynicism, melancholy and Hamlet's memento moriae
  • Cash is king: Timon, Diogenes and the search for sovereign freedom
  • Coda
  • Bibliography
  • Index.