Shame in ShakespeareRoutledge, 2012 M09 10 - 288 pages One of the most intense and painful of our human passions, shame is typically seen in contemporary culture as a disability or a disease to be cured. Shakespeare's ultimately positive portrayal of the emotion challenges this view. Drawing on philosophers and theorists of shame, Shame in Shakespeare analyses the shame and humiliation suffered by the tragic hero, providing not only a new approach to Shakespeare but a committed and provocative argument for reclaiming shame. The volume provides: · an account of previous traditions of shame and of the Renaissance context · a thematic map of the rich manifestations of both masculine and feminine shame in Shakespeare · detailed readings of Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear · an analysis of the limitations of Roman shame in Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus · a polemical discussion of the fortunes of shame in modern literature after Shakespeare. The book presents a Shakespearean vision of shame as the way to the world outside the self. It establishes the continued vitality and relevance of Shakespeare and offers a fresh and exciting way of seeing his tragedies. |
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Page 13
... Christianity , with its revolu- tionary programme of meekness , humility and love , turned manly disgrace and shame ... Christian , only wickedness and impiety are shameful . In human experience and conduct there is often a tension ...
... Christianity , with its revolu- tionary programme of meekness , humility and love , turned manly disgrace and shame ... Christian , only wickedness and impiety are shameful . In human experience and conduct there is often a tension ...
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... Christian scheme , and how it comes to be revealed as ' sovereign shame ' in King Lear . It is why all shame , and not just moral shame , can be a spiritual opportunity . In the perspective I am outlining here , we get a first glimpse ...
... Christian scheme , and how it comes to be revealed as ' sovereign shame ' in King Lear . It is why all shame , and not just moral shame , can be a spiritual opportunity . In the perspective I am outlining here , we get a first glimpse ...
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... Christian notions of shame described below combined in the early modern period , and were part of the intellectual atmosphere that Shakespeare breathed . They influenced his conception of shame , and of the world , and hence the ...
... Christian notions of shame described below combined in the early modern period , and were part of the intellectual atmosphere that Shakespeare breathed . They influenced his conception of shame , and of the world , and hence the ...
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... Christianity , which inverts the hierarchy of worldly rank and prowess . It is noteworthy that there is no real distinction between public and private shame in these antique texts : the protagonist's sense of shame in his own eyes and ...
... Christianity , which inverts the hierarchy of worldly rank and prowess . It is noteworthy that there is no real distinction between public and private shame in these antique texts : the protagonist's sense of shame in his own eyes and ...
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... Christian shame - Within the scope of its radical transformation of culture and knowledge in general , Christianity reconceived shame as a positive experience . We know , thanks especially to Robert S. Miola , that classical works ...
... Christian shame - Within the scope of its radical transformation of culture and knowledge in general , Christianity reconceived shame as a positive experience . We know , thanks especially to Robert S. Miola , that classical works ...
Contents
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Shame in the Renaissance | 41 |
Shame in Shakespeare | 74 |
Hamlet | 109 |
Othello | 136 |
King Lear | 173 |
Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus | 208 |
Conclusion | 224 |
Notes | 247 |
References | 255 |
Index | 265 |
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