Description |
1 online resource (xi, 251 pages) |
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Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy |
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Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy.
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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 |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Philosophy.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
Subject |
Cynicism in literature.
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Realism in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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Philosophy
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Cynicism in literature
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Realism in literature
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781474439596 |
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1474439594 |
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1474439608 |
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9781474439602 |
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