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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... audience is a strong stimulus to shame ; public scorn is known as shaming . Shame as a disciplinary mechanism , a Foucauldian resource of power , is the aspect of the topic that has hitherto drawn most Introduction 11.
... audience is a strong stimulus to shame ; public scorn is known as shaming . Shame as a disciplinary mechanism , a Foucauldian resource of power , is the aspect of the topic that has hitherto drawn most Introduction 11.
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... audience . In the following pages , while I shall recognise the force and pain - and the interest - of public scorn and exposure , I shall argue that the public aspect of shame has been exaggerated . As Lynd asserts , though it may ...
... audience . In the following pages , while I shall recognise the force and pain - and the interest - of public scorn and exposure , I shall argue that the public aspect of shame has been exaggerated . As Lynd asserts , though it may ...
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... audience . But all tragedy presents a spectacle of humiliation and death . The tragic hero's shame acts upon the audience's capacities for pity and fear . And a crucial element of tragic catharsis is the purging of latent shame ...
... audience . But all tragedy presents a spectacle of humiliation and death . The tragic hero's shame acts upon the audience's capacities for pity and fear . And a crucial element of tragic catharsis is the purging of latent shame ...
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... audience from the shameful spectacle of tragedy similarly mitigates shame . But shame in sado- masochism is subverted and turned into erotic pleasure , whereas the pleasure in tragedy lies in its clear - eyed vision . As Artaud asserted ...
... audience from the shameful spectacle of tragedy similarly mitigates shame . But shame in sado- masochism is subverted and turned into erotic pleasure , whereas the pleasure in tragedy lies in its clear - eyed vision . As Artaud asserted ...
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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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