Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 210 p)
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Edition:
Also issued in print
ISBN:
9781472544902
Series Statement:
The WISH list (Warwick interdisciplinary studies in the humanities)
Content:
"Shakespare and Montaigne are the English and French writers of the sixteenth century who have the most to say to modern readers. Shakespeare certainly drew on Montaigne's essay 'On Cannibals' in writing The Tempest and debates have raged amongst scholars about the playwright's obligations to Montaigne in passages from earlier plays including Hamlet, King Lear and Measure for Measure. Peter Mack argues that rather than continuing the undeterminable quarrel about how early in his career Shakespeare came to Montaigne, we should focus on the similar techniques they apply to shared sources. Grammar school education in the sixteenth century placed a special emphasis on reading classical texts in order to reuse both the ideas and the rhetoric. This book examines the ways in which Montaigne and Shakespeare used their reading and argued with it to create something new. It is the most sustained account available of the similarities and differences between these two great writers, casting light on their ethical and philosophical views and on how these were conveyed to their audience."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204) and index
,
Also issued in print.
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781849660617
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781408139042
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781849660600
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Hardback version ISBN 9781849660617
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 9781408139042
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 9781849660600
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Paperback version ISBN 9781474245135
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781472544902
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