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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... Theatre : The Performance of Modernity Edited by Michael Bristol and Kathleen McLuskie Shakespeare and Feminist Performance : Ideology on Stage Sarah Werner Shame in Shakespeare EWAN FERNIE ROUTLEDGE Routledge Taylor & Francis.
... Theatre : The Performance of Modernity Edited by Michael Bristol and Kathleen McLuskie Shakespeare and Feminist Performance : Ideology on Stage Sarah Werner Shame in Shakespeare EWAN FERNIE ROUTLEDGE Routledge Taylor & Francis.
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... theatre . Yet it is precisely this unpredictable power - even , and sometimes especially , in the radical and postmodern academy - which the forces of academic consensus threaten to dam up . In its unfamiliar emphasis , this book is a ...
... theatre . Yet it is precisely this unpredictable power - even , and sometimes especially , in the radical and postmodern academy - which the forces of academic consensus threaten to dam up . In its unfamiliar emphasis , this book is a ...
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... theatre of shame . But the traditional shame - culture / guilt - culture antithesis is really a poor expression of a different distinction between cultures which operate by internal sanc- tions and cultures where sanctions are external ...
... theatre of shame . But the traditional shame - culture / guilt - culture antithesis is really a poor expression of a different distinction between cultures which operate by internal sanc- tions and cultures where sanctions are external ...
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... theatre as Artaud understood it . It divorces the judging self from the self judged to be inadequate , showing that we are not worthy of our own highest standards and impulses . It is a deadly enlightenment , but one that makes way for ...
... theatre as Artaud understood it . It divorces the judging self from the self judged to be inadequate , showing that we are not worthy of our own highest standards and impulses . It is a deadly enlightenment , but one that makes way for ...
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... theatre . This is even more the case because of the new interiority of Shakespearean drama , in which , for example , Hamlet's deeply personal shame is laid bare before the audience . But all tragedy presents a spectacle of humiliation ...
... theatre . This is even more the case because of the new interiority of Shakespearean drama , in which , for example , Hamlet's deeply personal shame is laid bare before the audience . But all tragedy presents a spectacle of humiliation ...
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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