| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 212 pages) |
| Series |
Continuum Shakespeare studies |
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Continuum Shakespeare studies
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| Contents |
Introduction : is Shakespeare a moral philosopher? / Michael Bristol -- Moral agency and its problems in Julius Caesar : political power, choice, and history / Hugh Grady -- A Shakespearean phenomenology of moral conviction / James A. Knapp -- Wordplay and the ethics of self-deception in Shakespeare's tragedies / Keira Travis -- Excuses, bepissing, and non-being : Shakespearean puzzles about agency / Richard Strier -- Conduct (un)becoming or, playing the warrior in Macbeth / Sharon O'Dair -- To "tempt the rheumy and unpurged air" : contagion and agency in Julius Caesar / Jennifer Feather -- Ethical questions and questionable morals in Measure for measure and The merchant of Venice / Kathryn R. Finin -- "The oldest hath borne most" : the burdens of aging and the morality of uselessness in King Lear / Naomi Conn Liebler -- Quoting the enemy : character, self-interpretation, and the question of perspective in Shakespeare / Mustapha Fahmi -- The fool, the blind, and the Jew / Tzachi Zamir -- "Unlucky deeds" and the shame of Othello / Andrew Escobedo -- Agency and repentance in The winter's tale / Gregory Currie -- What's virtue ethics got to do with it? : Shakespearean character as moral character / Sara Coodin |
| Summary |
Shakespeare and Moral Agency presents a collection of new essays by literary scholars and philosophers considering character and action in Shakespeare's plays as heuristic models for the exploration of some salient problems in the field of moral inquiry. Together they offer a unified presentation of an emerging orientation in Shakespeare studies, drawing on recent work in ethics, philosophy of mind, and analytic aesthetics to construct a powerful framework for the critical analysis of Shakespeare's works. Contributors€suggest new possibilities for the interpretation of Shakespearean drama |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-210) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Ethics.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
| Subject |
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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Ethics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bristol, Michael D., 1940-
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| ISBN |
9781441183736 |
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1441183736 |
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9781472555175 |
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1472555171 |
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1282466712 |
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9781282466715 |
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9786612466717 |
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6612466715 |
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1441120475 |
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9781441120472 |
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1441174885 |
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9781441174888 |
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