Shakespeare and philosophy / by Stanley Stewart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stewart, Stanley, 1931-

Series:

Routledge studies in Shakespeare ; 1.

Routledge studies in Shakespeare ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Philosophy.

Shakespeare, William.

Philosophy in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Touching on the work of philosophers including Richardson, Kant, Hume, Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, and Dewey, this study examines the history of what philosophers have had to say about ""Shakespeare"" as a subject of philosophy, from the seventeenth-century to the present. Stewart's volume will be of interest to Shakespeareans, literary critics, and philosophers.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Bibliographical Note; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1 Philosophy's Shakespeare: Defining Terms; 2 Philosophy's Shakespeare: Breaking the Silence; 3 Hume's Shakespeare; 4 "Philosophy" in Richardson's Philosophical Analysis of Shakespeare; 5 Enlightenment Shakespeare; 6 Shakespeare and Subjectivity: Kierkegaard and Nietzsche; 7 Pragmatism's Shakespeare; 8 Shakespeare and the "Limits of Wittgenstein's World"; 9 Shakespeare and "The Litrification of Philosophy"; Appendix: The Evolution of Richardson's Philosophical Analysis; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-17802-X

1-135-17803-8

1-282-37674-8

9786612376740

0-203-86287-2

9780203862872

OCLC:

502012869