Shakespeare's Hamlet

Philosophical Perspectives

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
Cover of the book Shakespeare's Hamlet by , Oxford University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9780190698546
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: December 5, 2017
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780190698546
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: December 5, 2017
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

Does philosophy gain or lose when it is embedded within literature or embodied by drama? Does literary criticism gain or lose when it turns to literary works as occasions for abstract reflection? Leading literary scholars and philosophers interrogate philosophical dimensions of Shakespeare's Hamlet with these urgent questions in view. Scholars probe Hamlet's own insights, assess the significance of philosophy's literary-dramatic framing by this play, and trace the philosophically-relevant underpinnings revealed by historical transformations in Hamlet's reception. They focus on the play's thematizations of subjectivity, knowledge, sex, grief, self-theatricalization. Examining Shakespeare's play from a philosophical standpoint sharpens the questions the play itself so famously poses: What counts as a proper response to injustice upon realizing that whatever one does, there can be no undoing of the initial wrong? What do our commitments to the dead amount to? How to persist in infusing significance into action while grasping the degradation of death and our own replaceability? Scholars at the forefront of their fields tackle these and other questions from a wide range of viewpoints, illuminating the central concerns of one of Shakespeare's masterpieces.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Does philosophy gain or lose when it is embedded within literature or embodied by drama? Does literary criticism gain or lose when it turns to literary works as occasions for abstract reflection? Leading literary scholars and philosophers interrogate philosophical dimensions of Shakespeare's Hamlet with these urgent questions in view. Scholars probe Hamlet's own insights, assess the significance of philosophy's literary-dramatic framing by this play, and trace the philosophically-relevant underpinnings revealed by historical transformations in Hamlet's reception. They focus on the play's thematizations of subjectivity, knowledge, sex, grief, self-theatricalization. Examining Shakespeare's play from a philosophical standpoint sharpens the questions the play itself so famously poses: What counts as a proper response to injustice upon realizing that whatever one does, there can be no undoing of the initial wrong? What do our commitments to the dead amount to? How to persist in infusing significance into action while grasping the degradation of death and our own replaceability? Scholars at the forefront of their fields tackle these and other questions from a wide range of viewpoints, illuminating the central concerns of one of Shakespeare's masterpieces.

More books from Oxford University Press

Cover of the book Keith Jarrett's The Koln Concert by
Cover of the book The Red Star and the Crescent by
Cover of the book Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing by
Cover of the book Bilingualism and Bilingual Deaf Education by
Cover of the book Tree of Salvation by
Cover of the book The Thief of Time by
Cover of the book Dreams of Africa in Alabama by
Cover of the book Shallow Equality and Symbolic Jurisprudence in Multilingual Legal Orders by
Cover of the book The Internet - Primary Resource Books for Teachers by
Cover of the book Meaningful Work by
Cover of the book Five Short Plays - With Audio Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library by
Cover of the book A Compendium of Inherited Disorders and the Eye by
Cover of the book Our Undemocratic Constitution by
Cover of the book Becoming Faulkner by
Cover of the book Refractory Migraine by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy