Shakespeare and Renaissance Ethics
- Editors:
- Patrick Gray, University of Durham
- John D. Cox, Hope College, Michigan
- Date Published: October 2017
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107419810
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Written by a distinguished international team of contributors, this volume explores Shakespeare's vivid depictions of moral deliberation and individual choice in light of Renaissance debates about ethics. Examining the intellectual context of Shakespeare's plays, the essays illuminate Shakespeare's engagement with the most pressing moral questions of his time, considering the competing claims of politics, Christian ethics and classical moral philosophy, as well as new perspectives on controversial topics such as conscience, prayer, revenge and suicide. Looking at Shakespeare's responses to emerging schools of thought such as Calvinism and Epicureanism, and assessing comparisons between Shakespeare and his French contemporary Montaigne, the collection addresses questions such as: when does laughter become cruel? How does style reflect moral perspective? Does shame lead to self-awareness? This book is of great interest to scholars and students of Shakespeare studies, Renaissance studies and the history of ethics.
Read more- Provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to ethics in the Renaissance and explains its relevance to Shakespeare studies
- Explores Shakespeare's engagement with Renaissance and Reformation debates about ethics
- Examines the connections between Shakespeare and his French contemporary, Montaigne
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- Date Published: October 2017
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107419810
- length: 319 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 153 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.5kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction: rethinking Shakespeare and ethics Patrick Gray and John D. Cox
Part I. Shakespeare and Classical Ethics:
1. Fame, eternity, and Shakespeare's Romans Gordon Braden
2. Shakespeare and the ethics of laughter Indira Ghose
3. Aristotelian shame and Christian mortification in Love's Labour's Lost Jane Kingsley-Smith
4. Shakespeare's Vergil: empathy and The Tempest Leah Whittington
Part II. Shakespeare and Christian Ethics:
5. Shakespeare's prayers John D. Cox
6. The morality of milk: Shakespeare and the ethics of nursing Beatrice Groves
7. Hamlet the rough-hewer: moral agency and the consolations of Reformation thought Russell M. Hillier
8. 'Wrying but a little'? Marriage, punishment, and forgiveness in Cymbeline Robert S. Miola
Part III. Shakespeare and the Ethical Thinking of Montaigne:
9. 'Hide thy selfe': Montaigne, Hamlet, and Epicurean ethics Patrick Gray
10. Conscience and the god-surrogate in Montaigne and Measure for Measure William M. Hamlin
11. Shakespeare, Montaigne, and classical reason Peter Holbrook
12. Madness, proverbial wisdom, and philosophy in King Lear Peter Mack.
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