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Re-Humanising Shakespeare : Literary Humanism, Wisdom and Modernity.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (207 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780748692064
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Re-Humanising ShakespeareDDC classification:
  • 822.33
LOC classification:
  • PR2976 -- .M67 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Literary Humanism, Wisdom and Modernity -- PART I Denaturing Human Nature -- Chapter 2 Questioning the Human: Hamlet -- Chapter 3 Emptying the Human: Othello -- Chapter 4 Individualising the Human: Richard II -- PART II Renaturing Human Nature -- Chapter 5 Enough, Not Enough: Macbeth -- Chapter 6 Only Human: Coriolanus -- Chapter 7 Redemptive Irony: The Merchant of Venice -- Chapter 8 Humility: Love's Labour's Lost -- Chapter 9 Love: As You Like It -- Chapter 10 Hope: The Winter's Tale -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Revised throughout, the book includes: a new introduction which focuses attention on what is specific to literature’s treatment of the human (as epitomised by Shakespeare); a section drawing on new work on literary genres as different forms of engagement with human life; and a new chapter on Richard II.
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Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Literary Humanism, Wisdom and Modernity -- PART I Denaturing Human Nature -- Chapter 2 Questioning the Human: Hamlet -- Chapter 3 Emptying the Human: Othello -- Chapter 4 Individualising the Human: Richard II -- PART II Renaturing Human Nature -- Chapter 5 Enough, Not Enough: Macbeth -- Chapter 6 Only Human: Coriolanus -- Chapter 7 Redemptive Irony: The Merchant of Venice -- Chapter 8 Humility: Love's Labour's Lost -- Chapter 9 Love: As You Like It -- Chapter 10 Hope: The Winter's Tale -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Revised throughout, the book includes: a new introduction which focuses attention on what is specific to literature’s treatment of the human (as epitomised by Shakespeare); a section drawing on new work on literary genres as different forms of engagement with human life; and a new chapter on Richard II.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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