Derrida Reads Shakespeare / / Chiara Alfano.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Alfano, Chiara,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy : ECSSP
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)

Explores Jacques Derrida’s distinctive approach to ShakespeareOffers the first comprehensive and accessible account and discussion of Derrida’s engagement with ShakespeareChallenges the way we have traditionally come to think about the interdisciplinary relationship between literature and philosophy, as well as literary geniusContextualises Derrida’s readings of Shakespeare within his wider philosophical project and discusses in how far they relate to – or are distinct from – his engagement with other dramatic or literary worksThis book brings to light Derrida’s rich and thought-provoking discussions of Shakespearean drama. Contextualising Derrida’s readings of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice and King Lear within his wider philosophical project, Alfano explores what draws Derrida to Shakespeare and what makes him particularly suitable for philosophical thought. The author also makes the case for Derrida’s singular understanding of the relationship between philosophy and Shakespeare and his radical idea of what literary genius is.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SERIES EDITOR’S PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS SHAKESPEARE’S GENIUS? -- CHAPTER 2 DECONSTRUCTING (WITH) SHAKESPEARE -- CHAPTER 3 FLÈCHES AND THE WOUNDS OF READING -- CHAPTER 4 PORPENTINE -- CHAPTER 5 GIVING THE GREATEST CHANCE TO CHANCE -- CHAPTER 6 THE POLITICS OF RE-READING -- CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSION, OR GÉNIE QUI ES TU -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX