The Strong Necessity of Time : The Philosophy of Time in Shakespeare and Elizabethan Literature / G. F. Waller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waller, Gary F. (Gary Fredric), 1945- Author.

Series:

De proprietatibus litterarum. Series practica ; 90.

De Proprietatibus Litterarum. Series Practica ; 90

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Philosophy.

Shakespeare, William.

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

Time in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages).

Edition:

Reprint 2019

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

A Note on Editions Used

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

I. Time and the Elizabethans

II. "From Tymes and Moments to Eternitie": the Medieval Tradition

III. "Subject to Change and Unconquered": the Impact of New Philosophy

PART TWO: THREE LATE ELIZABETHANS

IV. "The Pillours of Eternity": Mutability in Spenser

V. Sir Walter Ralegh and "the consuming disease of time" .

VI. John Donne's Changing Attitude to Time

PART THREE: SHAKESPEARE

VII. "In Divers Paces with Divers Persons" - Time in Shakespeare's Early Works

VIII. "The Rough Torrent of Occasion" - Mutability in Shakespeare's Political World

IX. "Things in Motion" - The Time-Worlds of Troilus and Cressida and Antony and Cleopatra

X. "Time will Venom Breed" - Time and Tragedy in Macbeth and Hamlet

XI. "The Great Gods" - Time, Tragedy, and Providence in King Lear

XII. "Both Joy and Terror " - Time and Providence in The Winter's Tale and The Tempest

Conclusion

Bibliographical Note

Index of names

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

9783110806434

3110806436

OCLC:

1129152809