The passion of reason : Shakespeare and Ariosto as Dantean philosophers / Marco A. Andreacchio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andreacchio, Marco Antonio, 1974- author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Philosophy.

Shakespeare, William.

Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando furioso.

Ariosto, Lodovico.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

xvii, 126 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Shakespeare and Ariosto as Dantean philosophers

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2026]

Summary:

"The Passion of Reason reads Shakespeare intimately as a poetic philosopher in the tradition of Dante Alighieri, for whom reason is naturally passionate. Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1516) helps us appreciate Shakespeare as a Platonist who teaches that, in virtue of its mysterious roots, the philosophical life (reflection itself) cannot be contextualized. The (re)discovery of Shakespeare on Platonic grounds challenges much of what modern scholarship has had to say about Renaissance poets, exposing us to dimensions of Shakespeare's plays--focusing on A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet--that have long remained obscured. The plays exhumed from beneath modern discourse are paths through which we as readers are to purge ourselves of earthly passions, by way of entering into a realm of ideas as fundamental spheres of understanding. The goal, however, is not the reduction of passion to reason, but the restoration of passion as a fundamental property of reason itself"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version Andreacchio, Marco, 1974- Passion of reason

ISBN:

9783034360234

3034360231

OCLC:

1551430652