Shakespeare's Tragic SkepticismYale University Press, 2008 M10 1 - 304 páginas Readers of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies have long noted the absence of readily explainable motivations for some of Shakespeare’s greatest characters: why does Hamlet delay his revenge for so long? Why does King Lear choose to renounce his power? Why is Othello so vulnerable to Iago’s malice? But while many critics have chosen to overlook these omissions or explain them away, Millicent Bell demonstrates that they are essential elements of Shakespeare’s philosophy of doubt. Examining the major tragedies, Millicent Bell reveals the persistent strain of philosophical skepticism. Like his contemporary, Montaigne, Shakespeare repeatedly calls attention to the essential unknowability of our world. In a period of social, political, and religious upheaval, uncertainty hovered over matters great and small—the succession of the crown, the death of loved ones from plague, the failure of a harvest. Tumultuous social conditions raised ultimate questions for Shakespeare, Bell argues, and ultimately provoked in him a skepticism which casts shadows of existential doubt over his greatest masterpieces. |
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Millicent Bell. For all my loves: Gene, Tony, Meg, Kiki, Tim, Michael, Georgia, Rebecca, Alex Contents introduction Preface ix Hamlet , Othello , King Lear.
Millicent Bell. For all my loves: Gene, Tony, Meg, Kiki, Tim, Michael, Georgia, Rebecca, Alex Contents introduction Preface ix Hamlet , Othello , King Lear.
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Millicent Bell. Contents introduction Preface ix Hamlet , Othello , King Lear , and Macbeth I one Hamlet , Revenge ! 29 two Othello's Jealousy 80 Preface Shakespeare's Tragic Skepticism has an ambitious aim. In writing. three ...
Millicent Bell. Contents introduction Preface ix Hamlet , Othello , King Lear , and Macbeth I one Hamlet , Revenge ! 29 two Othello's Jealousy 80 Preface Shakespeare's Tragic Skepticism has an ambitious aim. In writing. three ...
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... King Lear, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleo- patra by the realization that much previous discussion tended to confine and reduce their variousness and contradictions. There has always been a simplifying readiness to impose ...
... King Lear, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleo- patra by the realization that much previous discussion tended to confine and reduce their variousness and contradictions. There has always been a simplifying readiness to impose ...
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... King Lear and the Gods ( 1966 ) buried the idea that King Lear was " optimistically Christian . ” Nicholas Brooke , in his 1979 edition of King Lear , observed that in this play “ all moral structures , whether of natural order Preface xi.
... King Lear and the Gods ( 1966 ) buried the idea that King Lear was " optimistically Christian . ” Nicholas Brooke , in his 1979 edition of King Lear , observed that in this play “ all moral structures , whether of natural order Preface xi.
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... King Lear not only of the idea of universal divine governance but also of the humanist faith in the heroic self . Jonathan Dolliver , in Radical Tragedy : Religion , Ideol- ogy , and Power in the Drama of Shakespeare's Contemporaries ...
... King Lear not only of the idea of universal divine governance but also of the humanist faith in the heroic self . Jonathan Dolliver , in Radical Tragedy : Religion , Ideol- ogy , and Power in the Drama of Shakespeare's Contemporaries ...
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2 Othellos Jealousy | 80 |
3 Unaccommodated Lear | 138 |
4 Macbeths Deeds | 191 |
The Roman Frame | 241 |
Selected Bibliography | 279 |
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