David Hershinow

Shakespeare and the Truth-Teller

Confronting the Cynic Ideal

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Produktbeschreibung

Highlighting the necessity of literary thinking to political philosophy, this book explores Shakespeare's responses to sixteenth-century debates over the revolutionary potential of Cynic critical activity.

Produktdetails

• Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9781474439589
• ISBN-10: 1474439586
• Artikelnr.: 59995659

Autorenporträt

David Hershinow is Director of the Writing Center at the City University of New York Graduate Center.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Our Cynic Legacy
1. Cynicism and the Courage of Truth
2. The Realist Turn: Parrhêsia, Character, and the Limits of Didacticism
Part II: Shakespeare's Cynics
3. Shakespeare's Bitter Fool: The Politics and Aesthetics of Free Speech
4. Cynicism, Melancholy, and Hamlet's Memento Moriae
5. Cash is King: Timon, Diogenes, and the Search for Sovereign Freedom
Coda
Index