Shakespeare and Continental Philosophy (eBook)

Jennifer Ann Bates, Richard Wilson (Herausgeber)

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2014
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7486-9495-2 (ISBN)

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Essays by leading authors on Shakespeare drawing on contemporary and early continental philosophyThis collection of 15 essays by celebrated authors in Shakespeare studies and in continental philosophy develops different aspects of the interface between continental thinking and Shakespeare's plays. The authors draw from current continental philosophy (e.g. Lacan, Foucault, Derrida) as well as from the 19th century continental tradition (e.g. Hegel, Kierkegaard) and from the early roots of continental tradition (e.g. Aristotle, Ibn Sina). The chapters address the span of the tragedies, comedies and history plays in the light of thinkers as diverse as Aristotle, Ibn Sina and Jean-Luc Marion, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Schmitt, Arendt, Lacan, Levinas, Foucault and Derrida.Key Features:The blend of new work (10 unpublished essays) and classic position papers (5 reprints) provides a thorough overview of Shakespeare and continental thoughtSheds new light on Shakespeare and on continental philosophyAuthors in the collection are leaders in each discipline in the US and UK / Europe and include: Edward S. Casey, Howard Caygill, Paul A Kottman, Julia Reinhard Lupton, Christopher Norris, Nicholas Royle, Catherine Belsey.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.9.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-7486-9495-1 / 0748694951
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-9495-2 / 9780748694952