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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... finds in our most valued writer , speaks directly to our contemporary condition . There are revealing continuities between this hitherto obscure Shakespearean theme and a strain of contemporary thought about identity and ethics . We ...
... finds in our most valued writer , speaks directly to our contemporary condition . There are revealing continuities between this hitherto obscure Shakespearean theme and a strain of contemporary thought about identity and ethics . We ...
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... find themselves only by sacrificing themselves for the other . Unlimited responsibility devolves absolutely on them . In a sense , the Levinasian subject is ... finds an answer in Shakespeare , and that answer is Introduction 7.
... find themselves only by sacrificing themselves for the other . Unlimited responsibility devolves absolutely on them . In a sense , the Levinasian subject is ... finds an answer in Shakespeare , and that answer is Introduction 7.
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Ewan Fernie. finds an answer in Shakespeare , and that answer is shame . Shame purifies our bad consciousness ... find in Shakespeare . This introduction concludes with some observations on shame and literature , particularly tragedy ...
Ewan Fernie. finds an answer in Shakespeare , and that answer is shame . Shame purifies our bad consciousness ... find in Shakespeare . This introduction concludes with some observations on shame and literature , particularly tragedy ...
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... find that it has 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 ...
... find that it has 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 ...
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... find a voice forbidding [ him ] to touch her ' ( lines 1,295-6 ) . He is alienated from himself ; he hates the very arms that did the deed . When Theseus bids him rise , he finds himself paralysed with shame , and he has to be led away ...
... find a voice forbidding [ him ] to touch her ' ( lines 1,295-6 ) . He is alienated from himself ; he hates the very arms that did the deed . When Theseus bids him rise , he finds himself paralysed with shame , and he has to be led away ...
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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