| Description |
1 online resource (x, 252 pages) |
| Summary |
What is the nature of romantic love and erotic desire in Shakespeare's work? In this erudite and yet accessible study, David Schalkwyk addresses this question by exploring the historical contexts, theory and philosophy of love. Close readings of Shakespeare's plays and poems are delivered through the lens of historical texts from Plato to Montaigne, and modern writers including Jacques Lacan, Jean-Luc Marion, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jacques Derrida, Alain Badiou and Stanley Cavell. Through these studies, it is argued that Shakespeare has no single or overarching concept of love, and that in Shakespeare's work, love is not an emotion. Rather, it is a form of action and disposition, to be expressed and negotiated linguistically. |
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Comprehensive study of the concept of love in Shakespeare's work, exploring historical contexts, theory and philosophy of love. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Shaping fantasies -- Love's troubled consummations -- The impossible gift of love -- The "finality of the you" -- Is love an emotion? |
| 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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Love in literature.
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Speech in literature.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. |
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Love in literature. |
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Speech in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schalkwyk, David. Shakespeare, love and language. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018 9781107187238 1107187230 (DLC) 2017042295 (OCoLC)994548898 |
| ISBN |
9781316953358 (electronic bk.) |
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1316953351 (electronic bk.) |
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9781316941133 (electronic bk.) |
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1316941132 (electronic bk.) |
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9781107187238 (hardcover) |
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1107187230 (hardcover) |
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9781316637951 (paperback) |
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1316637956 (paperback) |
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