The Routledge companion to Shakespeare and philosophy / edited by Craig Bourne and Emily Caddick Bourne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bourne, Craig, editor.

Bourne, Emily Caddick, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Philosophy.

Shakespeare, William.

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

Philosophy in literature.

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (631 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"Iago's 'I am not what I am' epitomises how Shakespeare's work is rich in philosophy, from issues of deception and moral deviance to those concerning the complex nature of the self, the notions of being and identity, and the possibility or impossibility of self-knowledge and knowledge of others. The Routledge Companion to Shakespeare and Philosophy examines the following important topics: - What roles can be played in an approach to Shakespeare by drawing on philosophical frameworks and the work of philosophers? - What can philosophical theories of meaning and communication show about the dynamics of Shakespearean interactions, and vice versa? - How are notions such as political and social obligation, justice, equality, love, agency, and the ethics of interpersonal relationships demonstrated in Shakespeare's works? - What do the plays and poems invite us to say about the nature of knowledge, belief, doubt, deception and epistemic responsibility? - How can the ways in which Shakespeare's characters behave illuminate existential issues concerning meaning, absurdity, death and nothingness? - What might Shakespeare's characters and their actions show about the nature of the self, the mind, and the identity of individuals? - How can Shakespeare's works inform philosophical approaches to notions such as beauty, humour, horror and tragedy? - How do Shakespeare's works illuminate philosophical questions about the nature of fiction, the attitudes and expectations involved in engagement with theatre, and the role of acting and actors in creating representations? The Routledge Companion to Shakespeare and Philosophy is essential reading for students and researchers in aesthetics, philosophy of literature and philosophy of theatre"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Shakespeare, Montaigne, and philosophical anti-philosophy / Philip Smallwood

The (new and old) metaphysical reading of Shakespeare / Géza Kállay

On the kinship of Shakespeare and Plato / Daryl Kaytor

Lear as a tragedy of errors : "He hath ever but slenderly known himself" / Garry L. Hagberg

Figures unethical : circumlocution and evasion in act I of Macbeth / Scott F. Crider

Conversational perversions, implicature and sham cancelling in Othello / Craig Bourne and Emily Caddick Bourne

"Seize it, if thou dar'st" : three types of imperative conditional in Richard II / Borut Trpin

The sonnets and attunement / Maximillian de Gaynesford

'To thine own self be true' : 'truthiness', Shakespeare, Eco and the open work / Michael Troy Shell

Wittgenstein's enigmatic remarks on Shakespeare / Wolfgang Huemer

Shakespeare, intention, and the ethical force of the involuntary / Christopher Crosbie

"Thou weep'st to make them drink" : hospitality and mourning in Timon of Athens / Sophie Emma Battell

Shakespeare, moral judgements and moral realism / Matthew H. Kramer

Blindness and double vision in Richard III : Zamir on Shakespeare on moral philosophy / Rafe McGregor

Horatio's stoic philosophy / Jan H. Blits

Sovereignty, social contract and the state of nature in King Lear / Stella Achilleos

Justice : some reflections on Measure for measure / Tzachi Zamir

Kiss me k' : engendering judgment in Kant's 1st critique and Shakespeare's the Taming of the shrew / Jennifer Ann Bates

The duty of enquiry, or why Othello was a fool / Veli Mitova

The evil deceiver and the evil truth teller : Descartes, Iago, and scepticism / Dianne Rothleder

Climates of trust in Macbeth / Julia Reinhard Lupton

The sceptic's surrender : believing partly / Anita Gilman Sherman

"Nothing will come out of nothing" : existential dimension of interpersonal relationships in King Lear / Katarzyna Burzynska

"And nothing brings me all things" : Shakespeare's philosophy of nothing / Jessica Chiba

Shakespeare and the absurd / Raymond Angelo Belliotti

Nietzsche's Hamlet puzzle : life affirmation in the birth of tragedy / Katie Brennan

Time and the other in Cymbeline / James A. Knapp

Shakespeare and selfhood / Kevin Curran

Shakespeare and the mind / Miranda Anderson

Macbeth and the self / Colin McGinn

"Hit it, hit it, hit it" : rigid designation in Love's Labour's Lost / Andrew Cutrofello

Love, identity and the way of ideas in Twelfth Night / Robin Le Poidevin

A taste for slaughter : Stephen Gosson, Titus Andronicus, and the appeal of evil / Joel Elliot Slotkin

Grotesque laughter as a coping mechanism in Titus Andronicus / Adele-France Jourdan

Seduced by romanticism : re-imagining Shakespearean catharsis / Patrick Gray

Beauty and time in the sonnets / Peter Lamarque

Role-playing on stage / D.H. Mellor

Building character : Shakespearean characters and their instantiations in the worlds of performances / E.M. Dadlez

Shakespeare's theatrical openings / James R. Hamilton

Shakespeare's embodied stoicism / Donovan Sherman

The history plays : fiction or non-fiction? / Derek Matravers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-38690-6

1-315-67701-6

1-317-38689-2

9781315677019

OCLC:

1059124690