Staging Doubt : : Skepticism in Early Modern European Drama /

Staging Doubt : : Skepticism in Early Modern European Drama / / Leonie Pawlita.

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This volume considers the influential revival of ancient philosophical skepticism in the 16th and early 17th centuries and investigates, from a comparative perspective, its reception in early modern English, Spanish and French drama, dedicating detailed readings to plays by Shakespeare, Calderón, L...

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Pawlita, Leonie,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin : : De Gruyter,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (381 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Skepticism in the philosophical tradition
  • 2. On skepticism in Shakespear's Hamlet
  • 3. Aspects of skepticism in Calderón's La Vida es sueño
  • 4. Aspects of skepticism in the genesius plays by Lope de Vega and Jean de Rotrou
  • 5. Cervantes, Entremés del Retablo de las maravillas
  • Conclusion
  • References.

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