UID:
almahu_9947548043902882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 252 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781316941133 (ebook)
Content:
What is the nature of romantic love and erotic desire in Shakespeare's work? In this erudite and yet accessible study, David Schalkwyk addresses this question by exploring the historical contexts, theory and philosophy of love. Close readings of Shakespeare's plays and poems are delivered through the lens of historical texts from Plato to Montaigne, and modern writers including Jacques Lacan, Jean-Luc Marion, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jacques Derrida, Alain Badiou and Stanley Cavell. Through these studies, it is argued that Shakespeare has no single or overarching concept of love, and that in Shakespeare's work, love is not an emotion. Rather, it is a form of action and disposition, to be expressed and negotiated linguistically.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Jan 2018).
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Shaping Fantasies -- Midsummer Night's Dream: "Thou art translated" -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona: "Love ... against the nature of love" -- Twelfth Night: "One face, one voice, one habit, and two persons!" -- Love's Troubled Consummations -- Troilus and Cressida: "Truth tired with iteration" -- Othello: "'Tis still to know" -- The Impossible Gift of Love -- As You Like It: "What'tis to love" -- The Merchant of Venice: "With all my heart" -- The Finality of the You -- Much Ado About Nothing: "There is no love in you" -- Romeo and Juliet: "Take all myself" -- Is Love an Emotion? -- Antony and Cleopatra: "Husband, I come!"
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781107187238
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316941133
URL:
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