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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... accepting this effort towards critical objectivity as politically irresponsible , I see it as attempting exactly that rigorous concession to other- ness which is the foundation of justice . It is unnecessary to point out , I hope , that ...
... accepting this effort towards critical objectivity as politically irresponsible , I see it as attempting exactly that rigorous concession to other- ness which is the foundation of justice . It is unnecessary to point out , I hope , that ...
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... accept the censure of others or feel it is shameful to be seen in a bad light , irrespective of self - assessment . In literature as in life , many are susceptible to public disgrace but less concerned with what it is that is ...
... accept the censure of others or feel it is shameful to be seen in a bad light , irrespective of self - assessment . In literature as in life , many are susceptible to public disgrace but less concerned with what it is that is ...
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... accepting punishment from it or offering some other compensation . Guilt is the oppressive consciousness of a duty still to be discharged , a debt yet to be paid ; that is why it is often imagined as a burden . The nub of the ...
... accepting punishment from it or offering some other compensation . Guilt is the oppressive consciousness of a duty still to be discharged , a debt yet to be paid ; that is why it is often imagined as a burden . The nub of the ...
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... accepted under pressure a standard not really its own . Alternatively , it may decide that its sense of self is unreal- istic or impossible and so revise it . Here shame penetrates illusion and is a form of self - discovery . But if it ...
... accepted under pressure a standard not really its own . Alternatively , it may decide that its sense of self is unreal- istic or impossible and so revise it . Here shame penetrates illusion and is a form of self - discovery . But if it ...
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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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