Shakespeare's humanism / Robin Headlam Wells.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (x, 278 pages)Content type:- text
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- 0511137001
- 9780511137006
- 0511134290
- 9780511134296
- 0511134819
- 9780511134814
- 9780511483622
- 0511483627
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Critique et interprétation
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Philosophie
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William
- Humanism
- Humanism in literature
- Humanism
- Humanisme dans la littérature
- Humanisme
- humanism
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare
- DRAMA -- Shakespeare
- Humanism
- Humanism in literature
- Humanismus
- 822.33 22
- PR3001 .W46 2005eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-270) and index.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; chapter 1 Shakespeare and English humanism; the proper study of mankind; the laws of human nature; challenges to the humanist view of man; the barbarian at the gate; the enemy within; shakespeare's humanism; the decline of natural law theory; chapter 2 Gender; the politics of 'twelfth night'; gender instability; constructing gender; some like it hot; chapter 3 Value pluralism; shylock the puritan; thrift; condundrums; value pluralism; chapter 4 Social justice; anatomising the 'police-universe'
Shakespeare's Humanism challenges the central, defining principle of postmodern Shakespeare criticism by arguing that the idea of a universal human nature was as important to Shakespeare as it was to every other Renaissance writer.
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