Shakespeare and the truth-teller : confronting the cynic ideal / David Hershinow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hershinow, David, author.

Series:

Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy.

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Cynicism in literature.

Realism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 265 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Highlighting the necessity of literary thinking to political philosophy, this book explores Shakespeare's responses to sixteenth-century debates over the revolutionary potential of Cynic critical activity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SERIES EDITOR’S PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART I OUR CYNIC LEGACY

1. Cynicism and the Courage of Truth

2. The Realist Turn: Parrhêsia, Character and the Limits of Didacticism

PART II SHAKESPEARE’S CYNICS

3. Shakespeare’s Bitter Fool: The Politics and Aesthetics of Free Speech

4. Cynicism, Melancholy and Hamlet’s Memento Moriae

5. Cash is King: Timon, Diogenes and the Search for Sovereign Freedom

Coda

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7701-1

1-4744-3959-4

OCLC:

1312726371