| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 258 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Learning from Shakespeare, poet of Western civilization -- Shakespeare on love (and marriage) -- Juliet's nominalism and the failure of love -- The racial "other" in The merchant of Venice and Othello -- Shakespeare's history plays and the Erasmian Christian prince -- Freedom and tyranny in Julius Caesar and Hamlet -- "Light thickens" : freedom and tyranny in Macbeth -- Hope and despair in King Lear : the gospel and the crisis of natural law -- The tempest in the academic teapot. |
| Summary |
"The author argues his viewpoint--that Shakespeare's drama achieves not a break with Western literary and cultural tradition that has preceded him but instead is its consummate expression; the author demonstrates the aesthetic and moral validity of Shakespearean drama as well as its general validation of the principles of Western civilization"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
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Civilization, Western, in literature.
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
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English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare |
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Civilization, Western, in literature |
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English drama |
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Young, R. V., 1947- Shakespeare and the idea of Western civilization Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2022] 9780813235240 (DLC) 2021062346 |
| ISBN |
0813235251 electronic book |
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9780813235257 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813235240 paperback |
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