Reading and rhetoric in Montaigne and Shakespeare / Peter Mack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mack, Peter, 1955- author.

Series:

WISH list.

The WISH list (Warwick interdisciplinary studies in the humanities)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592--Criticism and interpretation.

Montaigne, Michel de.

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

Shakespeare, William.

European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600--History and criticism.

European literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Shakespare and Montaigne are the English and French writers of the sixteenth century who have the most to say to modern readers. Shakespeare certainly drew on Montaigne's essay 'On Cannibals' in writing The Tempest and debates have raged amongst scholars about the playwright's obligations to Montaigne in passages from earlier plays including Hamlet, King Lear and Measure for Measure. Peter Mack argues that rather than continuing the undeterminable quarrel about how early in his career Shakespeare came to Montaigne, we should focus on the similar techniques they apply to shared sources. Grammar school education in the sixteenth century placed a special emphasis on reading classical texts in order to reuse both the ideas and the rhetoric. This book examines the ways in which Montaigne and Shakespeare used their reading and argued with it to create something new. It is the most sustained account available of the similarities and differences between these two great writers, casting light on their ethical and philosophical views and on how these were conveyed to their audience."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Renaissance Education in Reading and Writing

2 Montaigne's Use of His Reading

3 Montaigne's Logic of Fragment and Sequence

4 Logic and Narrative in Shakespeare and Montaigne

5 History in Montaigne and Shakespeare

6 Ethical Issues in Montaigne and Shakespeare; Revenge; Death; Repentance; Sex and Marriage; Fathers and Children; Human Sufficiency and the Animals; Justice; Utopia

Conclusion

Notes; Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and index.

Creative Commons. CC BY-NC 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781408139042

9781849660617

9781472544902

1472544900

OCLC:

743204249