Shakespeare's essays : sampling Montaigne from Hamlet to the Tempest /

Through sustained close-readings of Montaigne's essays and Shakespeare's plays, Platt explores both authors' approaches to self, knowledge and form that stress fractures, interruptions and alternatives.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Platt, Peter G., 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Themes, motives.
Montaigne, Michel de, > 1533-1592 > Influence.
Montaigne, Michel de, > 1533-1592.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Self (Philosophy) in literature.
Knowledge, Theory of, in literature.
Moi (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Théorie de la connaissance dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Themes, motives.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Texts and Titles
  • Introduction: 'Were my mind settled, I would not essay but resolve myself'
  • 1. Knowing and Being in Montaigneand Shakespeare
  • 2. 'A little thing doth divert and turn us': Fictions, Mourning, and Playing in 'Of Diverting or Diversion' and Hamlet
  • 3. Mingled Yarns and Hybrid Worlds: 'We Taste Nothing Purely', Measure for Measure, and All's Well That Ends Well
  • 4. 'We are both father and mother together in this generation': Physical and Intellectual Creations in 'Of the Affection of Fathers to Their Children'and King Lear
  • 5. Custom, Otherness, and the Fictions of Mastery: 'Of the Caniballes' and The Tempest
  • Epilogue: Shakespeare before the Essays
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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