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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Shakespeare's Big Men examines five Shakespearean tragedies--Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and Coriolanus--through the lens of generative anthropology and the insights of its founder, Eric Gans. Generative anthropology's theory of the origins of human society explains the social function of tragedy: to defer our resentment against the "big men" who dominate society by letting us first identify with the tragic protagonist and his resentment, then allowing us to repudiate the protagonist's resentful rage and achieve theatrical catharsis. Drawing on this hypothesis, Richard van Oort offers inspired readings of Shakespeare's plays and their representations of desire, resentment, guilt, and evil. His analysis revives the universal spirit in Shakespearean criticism, illustrating how the plays can serve as a way to understand the ethical dilemma of resentment and discover within ourselves the nature of the human experience."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Julius Caesar.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Coriolanus.
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Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William) |
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Hamlet (Shakespeare, William) |
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Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William) |
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Macbeth (Shakespeare, William) |
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Othello (Shakespeare, William) |
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Men in literature.
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Men in literature. |
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Resentment in literature.
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Resentment in literature. |
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Desire in literature.
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Desire in literature. |
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Guilt in literature.
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Guilt in literature. |
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Good and evil in literature.
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Good and evil in literature. |
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Protagonists (Persons) in literature.
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Protagonists (Persons) in literature. |
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Anthropology in literature.
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Anthropology in literature. |
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Literature and anthropology.
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Literature and anthropology. |
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Electronic books.
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Big men |
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Print version: Van Oort, Richard. Shakespeare's big men. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016] 9781442650077 1442650079 |
| ISBN |
9781442622166 (electronic book) |
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1442622164 (electronic book) |
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9781442650077 |
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1442650079 |
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