| Description |
1 online resource (x, 278 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-270) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; chapter 1 Shakespeare and English humanism; the proper study of mankind; the laws of human nature; challenges to the humanist view of man; the barbarian at the gate; the enemy within; shakespeare's humanism; the decline of natural law theory; chapter 2 Gender; the politics of 'twelfth night'; gender instability; constructing gender; some like it hot; chapter 3 Value pluralism; shylock the puritan; thrift; condundrums; value pluralism; chapter 4 Social justice; anatomising the 'police-universe' |
| Summary |
Shakespeare's Humanism challenges the central, defining principle of postmodern Shakespeare criticism by arguing that the idea of a universal human nature was as important to Shakespeare as it was to every other Renaissance writer. |
| 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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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Humanism.
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Humanism. |
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Humanism in literature.
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Humanism in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wells, Robin Headlam. Shakespeare's humanism. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521824389 (OCoLC)62132881 |
| ISBN |
0511137001 (electronic book) |
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9780511137006 (electronic book) |
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0511134290 (electronic book) |
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9780511134296 (electronic book) |
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0511134819 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511134814 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511483622 (electronic book) |
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0511483627 (electronic book) |
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0521824389 (Cloth) |
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9780521824385 |
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