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Creator
Date
2016
Location
England
Great Britain
Great Britain
Media format
Printed text
Extent
195 pages
Language
English
Size
23 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 346110
Folger call number: PR3007 .R37 2016
Folger holdings ID: 496899
Folger call number: PR3007 .R37 2016
Folger holdings ID: 496899
Summary
"Shakespeare the Renaissance Humanist is a study of the moral philosophy that underlay the"street" humanism in the mind of Shakespeare's spectator when he went to see Hamlet or King Lear at the Globe. The work examines how his plays reflected the moral philosophy that his spectators were living in their daily lives"--
Notes
General notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Shakespeare, the Critics, and Humanism -- Metaphysics as the Way Things Are: King John and Hamlet -- The Wisdom of King Lear -- Macbeth's Imagination as Fatal Flaw -- Beauty and Misfortune in Romeo and Juliet -- Of Animals and Men: The Tempest
Also known as
Extended title: Shakespeare the Renaissance humanist : moral philosophy and his plays / Anthony Raspa
Subjects
Related names
author: Raspa, Anthony
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616