Shakespeare's ideas
Subtitle: more things in heaven and earth
By: David Bevington.
Series: Blackwell great minds
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781405167956; 9781405167963
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Philosophy.
Description: Written by a leading Shakespearean scholar, this book is an in-depth exploration, through his plays and poems, of the philosophy of Shakespeare as a great poet, a great dramatist and a "great mind". The author discusses an array of topics, including sex and gender, politics and political theory, writing and acting, religious controversy and issues of faith, skepticism and misanthropy, and closure.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A natural philosopher; title: Lust in action: Shakespeare's ideas on sex and gender; title: What is honour? Shakespeare's ideas on politics and political theory; title: Hold the mirror up to nature: Shakespeare's ideas on writing and acting; title: Pray you now, forget and forgive: Shakespeare's ideas on religious controversy and issues of faith; title: Is man no more than this? Shakespeare's ideas on scepticism, doubt, pessimism, misanthropy; title: Here our play has ending: ideas of closure in the late plays; title: Credo.