Title: Philosophical readings of Shakespeare : "thou art the thing itself" /
Authors: Pascucci, Margherita.
Year: 2013
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, Philosophy.; Shakespeare, William; Philosophy in literature.; Philosophie; DRAMA Shakespeare.; LITERARY CRITICISM Shakespeare.; Philosophy in literature.; Philosophy
Abstract: In his plays, Shakespeare produced a new and unprecedented way of thinking about life, death, power, and their affects. Philosophical Readings of Shakespeare offers close readings of King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Timon of Athens to provide insight into the ontological discourse of poverty and money. Following Marxian thought, Margherita Pascucci shows how Shakespeare was the first to depict money as a conceptual persona. Ultimately, the book's analysis of the themes of creation, subjectivity, and value opens new reflections on central questions of our time.
Contents: Introduction: Shakespeare and Philosophy -- Allegory and the Combustion of Representation -- This is I, Hamlet the Dane -- Macbeth, Multitudinous Seas Incarnadine: A Grammar of Power, a Grammar of Potentia -- The Bloody Legislation -- Four Ounces of Sterling Silver -- Timon of Athens: "Thou the Common Whore" -- Conclusion: Shakespeare and Us.