Nothingness, Negativity, and Nominalism in Shakespeare and Petrarch / / Benjamin Boysen.
Being exposed to the Nominalist expansion in early modernity, Petrarch and Shakespeare are highly preoccupied with a Nominalist dimension of language and representation. Against this background, the study shows how these Renaissance poets advanced a special notion of subjectivity and identity as roo...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (X, 185 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- I. Introduction -- II. Petrarch and the Triumph of Exile -- III. Rerum vulgarium fragmenta: Petrarch’s Labyrinthine Mirror -- IV. Shakespeare’s “Nihilism” -- V. Early Modernity and the Foil of Contrarieties -- VI. Literature -- Index |
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Summary: | Being exposed to the Nominalist expansion in early modernity, Petrarch and Shakespeare are highly preoccupied with a Nominalist dimension of language and representation. Against this background, the study shows how these Renaissance poets advanced a special notion of subjectivity and identity as rooted in negativity, otherness, and representation. The book thus argues for a new understanding of negative modes of subjectivity in Petrarch and Shakespeare. A new and sharpened understanding emerging from an interpretation of Francesco Petrarch’s notion of exile and of love in his great poetical cycle Rerum vulgarium fragmenta as well as a meticulous examination of the concept of nothingness in William Shakespeare’s works. Petrarch and Shakespeare poetically show how identity is alien and decentred – yet also free and expanding. In other words, these poets illustrate how subjectivity is constituted by heterogeneity. Moreover, pointing to other examples of this negative subjectivity in Renaissance philosophy and poetry, the study suggests that these models for subjectivity could be extended to other early modern writers. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110691771 9783110750720 9783110750706 9783110659061 9783110704716 9783110704518 9783110704747 9783110704532 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110691771 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Benjamin Boysen. |