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1 online resource (viii, 198 pages) |
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Texts and Titles -- Introduction: 'Were my mind settled, I would not essay but resolve myself' -- 1. Knowing and Being in Montaigneand Shakespeare -- 2. 'A little thing doth divert and turn us': Fictions, Mourning, and Playing in 'Of Diverting or Diversion' and Hamlet -- 3. Mingled Yarns and Hybrid Worlds: 'We Taste Nothing Purely', Measure for Measure, and All's Well That Ends Well -- 4. 'We are both father and mother together in this generation': Physical and Intellectual Creations in 'Of the Affection of Fathers to Their Children'and King Lear |
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5. Custom, Otherness, and the Fictions of Mastery: 'Of the Caniballes' and The Tempest -- Epilogue: Shakespeare before the Essays -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Summary |
Through sustained close-readings of Montaigne's essays and Shakespeare's plays, Platt explores both authors' approaches to self, knowledge and form that stress fractures, interruptions and alternatives |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 14, 2020) |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Themes, motives
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Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 fast |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Self (Philosophy) in literature.
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Knowledge, Theory of, in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Knowledge, Theory of, in literature
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Self (Philosophy) in literature
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Themes, motives
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474463423 |
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1474463428 |
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9781474463430 |
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1474463436 |
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