Shakespeare and the Truth-Teller : : Confronting the Cynic Ideal / / David Hershinow.
Examines the early modern reception of classical Cynicism and the rise of literary realismPromotes a new understanding of the intersection between literary character and ethical character, especially with respect to literature’s role in facilitating belief in the revolutionary potential of individua...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2019 |
| 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
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I OUR CYNIC LEGACY
- 1. Cynicism and the Courage of Truth
- 2. The Realist Turn: Parrhêsia, Character and the Limits of Didacticism
- PART II SHAKESPEARE’S CYNICS
- 3. Shakespeare’s Bitter Fool: The Politics and Aesthetics of Free Speech
- 4. Cynicism, Melancholy and Hamlet’s Memento Moriae
- 5. Cash is King: Timon, Diogenes and the Search for Sovereign Freedom
- Coda
- Bibliography
- Index