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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... turmoil and collapse.2 Can shame , the very thing we are most scared of , be at the same time the source of an answer ? Do we then deny it at our peril ? Shakespeare uses the word ' shame ' 344 times and 1: Introduction.
... turmoil and collapse.2 Can shame , the very thing we are most scared of , be at the same time the source of an answer ? Do we then deny it at our peril ? Shakespeare uses the word ' shame ' 344 times and 1: Introduction.
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... thing that shamed our forebears . As Rushdie puts it , ' Shame , dear reader , is not the exclusive prop- erty of the East ' ( ibid .: 29 ) . What has changed is that we have lost the traditions - heroic and , as we shall see , more ...
... thing that shamed our forebears . As Rushdie puts it , ' Shame , dear reader , is not the exclusive prop- erty of the East ' ( ibid .: 29 ) . What has changed is that we have lost the traditions - heroic and , as we shall see , more ...
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... things Jonas 1996 ) . The Lacanian subject is shamed by the appearance in the mirror of a complete image which it knows is not truly representative of its experience of itself from inside as an unintegrated chaos of drives and desires ...
... things Jonas 1996 ) . The Lacanian subject is shamed by the appearance in the mirror of a complete image which it knows is not truly representative of its experience of itself from inside as an unintegrated chaos of drives and desires ...
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... thing often misunder- stood , I offer a working definition and a first exploratory discussion of the concept below , drawing on the philosophy of emotion . Although examples will be taken from diverse sources , this will introduce the ...
... thing often misunder- stood , I offer a working definition and a first exploratory discussion of the concept below , drawing on the philosophy of emotion . Although examples will be taken from diverse sources , this will introduce the ...
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... thing about shame is that for whatever public or private reason the subject's relation with itself has broken down . The cruelty of shaming is that it can interfere with the subject's sense of self ; if it does not , one is able to ...
... thing about shame is that for whatever public or private reason the subject's relation with itself has broken down . The cruelty of shaming is that it can interfere with the subject's sense of self ; if it does not , one is able to ...
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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