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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, R. V., 1947- author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Civilization, Western, in literature.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English drama.

English drama--17th century--History and criticism.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xv, 258 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

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

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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Shakespeare on Love (and Marriage)

2. Juliet's Nominalism and the Failure of Love

3. The Racial "Other" in The Merchant of Venice and Othello

4. Shakespeare's History Plays and the Erasmian Christian Prince

5. Freedom and Tyranny in Julius Caesar and Hamlet

6. "Light Thickens": Freedom and Tyranny in Macbeth

7. Hope and Despair in King Lear: The Gospel and the Crisis of Natural Law

8. The Tempest in the Academic Teapot.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Young, R. V., 1947- Shakespeare and the idea of Western civilization

ISBN:

9780813235240

0813235243

OCLC:

1288665975