Shakespearean Melancholy : : Philosophy, Form and the Transformation of Comedy / / J.F. Bernard.
Argues that Shakespeare transforms philosophies of comedy and melancholy by revising them concomitantlyIconic as Hamlet is, Shakespearean comedy showcases an extraordinary reliance on melancholy that ultimately reminds us of the porous demarcation between laughter and sorrow. This richly contextuali...
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Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy : ECSSP
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Series Editor’s Preface
- 1. What’s so Funny about Humours? Melancholy, Comedy and Revisionist Philosophy
- 2. Comic Symmetry and English Melancholy
- 3. Melancholic Dissonance and the Limits of Psycho-Humoralism
- 4. Melancholic Ambience at the Comic Close
- 5. Melancomic Time in Late Shakespeare
- 6. The Philosophical Afterlives of Shakespearean Melancholy
- Works Cited
- Index