Title Shakespeare and the idea of Western civilization / R.V. Young

Published Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 258 pages) Contents 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 Summary "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 general validation of the principles of Western civilization"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 23, 2022) Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation. SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast Subject Civilization, Western, in literature. English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare Civilization, Western, in literature English drama English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2021062347 ISBN 0813235251 9780813235257

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