Of Human Kindness : What Shakespeare Teaches Us about Empathy.
Cohen, Paula Marantz.
Of Human Kindness : What Shakespeare Teaches Us about Empathy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (172 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- ONE. Shakespeare's Empathetic Imagination -- TWO. Richard III: Unrealized Potential -- THREE. Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V: Beginning -- FOUR. The Merchant of Venice: Blueprint -- FIVE. As You Like It: Gender -- SIX. Hamlet: Self -- SEVEN. Othello: Race and Class -- EIGHT. King Lear: Age -- NINE. Measure for Measure: A World Without Empathy -- TEN. Antony and Cleopatra: Wider Vistas -- ELEVEN. The Winter's Tale: Across Generations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
An award-winning scholar and teacher explores how Shakespeare's greatest characters were built on a learned sense of empathy.
9780300258325
Shakespeare, William,-1564-1616-Characters.
Electronic books.
PR2989 .C644 2021
822/.33
Of Human Kindness : What Shakespeare Teaches Us about Empathy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (172 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- ONE. Shakespeare's Empathetic Imagination -- TWO. Richard III: Unrealized Potential -- THREE. Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V: Beginning -- FOUR. The Merchant of Venice: Blueprint -- FIVE. As You Like It: Gender -- SIX. Hamlet: Self -- SEVEN. Othello: Race and Class -- EIGHT. King Lear: Age -- NINE. Measure for Measure: A World Without Empathy -- TEN. Antony and Cleopatra: Wider Vistas -- ELEVEN. The Winter's Tale: Across Generations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
An award-winning scholar and teacher explores how Shakespeare's greatest characters were built on a learned sense of empathy.
9780300258325
Shakespeare, William,-1564-1616-Characters.
Electronic books.
PR2989 .C644 2021
822/.33