Shakespeare and Renaissance Ethics (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Gray, Patrick

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Written by a distinguished international team of contributors, this volume explores Shakespeare's vivid depictions of moral deliberation and individual choice in light of Renaissance debates about ethics. Examining the intellectual context of Shakespeare's plays, the essays illuminate Shakespeare's engagement with the most pressing moral questions of his time, considering the competing claims of politics, Christian ethics and classical moral philosophy, as well as new perspectives on controversial topics such as conscience, prayer, revenge and suicide. Looking at Shakespeare's responses to emerging schools of thought such as Calvinism and Epicureanism, and assessing comparisons between Shakespeare and his French contemporary Montaigne, the collection addresses questions such as: when does laughter become cruel? How does style reflect moral perspective? Does shame lead to self-awareness? This book is of great interest to scholars and students of Shakespeare studies, Renaissance studies and the history of ethics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139991209
• Artikelnr.: 41327625

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: rethinking Shakespeare and ethics Patrick Gray and John D.
Cox; Part I. Shakespeare and Classical Ethics: 1. Fame, eternity, and
Shakespeare's Romans Gordon Braden; 2. Shakespeare and the ethics of
laughter Indira Ghose; 3. Aristotelian shame and Christian mortification in
Love's Labour's Lost Jane Kingsley-Smith; 4. Shakespeare's Vergil: empathy
and The Tempest Leah Whittington; Part II. Shakespeare and Christian
Ethics: 5. Shakespeare's prayers John D. Cox; 6. The morality of milk:
Shakespeare and the ethics of nursing Beatrice Groves; 7. Hamlet the
rough-hewer: moral agency and the consolations of Reformation thought
Russell M. Hillier; 8. 'Wrying but a little'? Marriage, punishment, and
forgiveness in Cymbeline Robert S. Miola; Part III. Shakespeare and the
Ethical Thinking of Montaigne: 9. 'Hide thy selfe': Montaigne, Hamlet, and
Epicurean ethics Patrick Gray; 10. Conscience and the god-surrogate in
Montaigne and Measure for Measure William M. Hamlin; 11. Shakespeare,
Montaigne, and classical reason Peter Holbrook; 12. Madness, proverbial
wisdom, and philosophy in King Lear Peter Mack.