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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hershinow, David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
Series:Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Philosophy.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Cynicism in literature.
Realism in literature.
Cynisme dans la littérature.
Réalisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
Philosophy
Cynicism in literature
Realism in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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