Shakespeare and the Idea of Western Civilization /

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"The author argues his viewpoint--that Shakespeare's drama achieves not a break with Western literary and cultural tradition that has preceded him but instead is its consummate expression; the author demonstrates the aesthetic and moral validity of Shakespearean drama as well as its genera...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Young, R. V., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
English drama.
Civilization, Western, in literature.
Theâtre anglais > 17e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Theâtre anglais > 16e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Civilisation occidentale dans la litterature.
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Learning from Shakespeare, poet of Western civilization
  • Shakespeare on love (and marriage)
  • Juliet's nominalism and the failure of love
  • The racial "other" in The merchant of Venice and Othello
  • Shakespeare's history plays and the Erasmian Christian prince
  • Freedom and tyranny in Julius Caesar and Hamlet
  • "Light thickens" : freedom and tyranny in Macbeth
  • Hope and despair in King Lear : the gospel and the crisis of natural law
  • The tempest in the academic teapot.

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