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Tragic Conditions in Shakespeare: Disinheriting the Globe
Paul A. Kottman
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Description for Tragic Conditions in Shakespeare: Disinheriting the Globe
Hardback. Bradley's century-old Shakespearean Tragedy. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
Paul A. Kottman offers a new and compelling understanding of tragedy as seen in four of Shakespeare's mature plays- As You Like It, Hamlet, King Lear, and The Tempest. The author pushes beyond traditional ways of thinking about tragedy, framing his readings with simple questions that have been missing from scholarship of the past generation: Are we still moved by Shakespeare, and why? Kottman throws into question the inheritability of human relationships by showing how the bonds upon which we depend for meaning and worth can be dissolved. According to Kottman, the lives of Shakespeare's protagonists are ... Read more
Paul A. Kottman offers a new and compelling understanding of tragedy as seen in four of Shakespeare's mature plays- As You Like It, Hamlet, King Lear, and The Tempest. The author pushes beyond traditional ways of thinking about tragedy, framing his readings with simple questions that have been missing from scholarship of the past generation: Are we still moved by Shakespeare, and why? Kottman throws into question the inheritability of human relationships by showing how the bonds upon which we depend for meaning and worth can be dissolved. According to Kottman, the lives of Shakespeare's protagonists are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Rethinking Theory
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801893711
SKU
V9780801893711
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About Paul A. Kottman
Paul A. Kottman is an assistant professor of comparative literature at the New School, editor of Philosophers on Shakespeare, and author of A Politics of the Scene.
Reviews for Tragic Conditions in Shakespeare: Disinheriting the Globe
Professor Kottman has written a thoughtful and thought-provoking book. It addresses very major issues, in what is for the most part quite an original way, and I found much of what I read illuminating.
Joost Daalder Review of English Studies 2010 Calm, methodical, yet urgent humanist philosophy.
Emma Smith Comparative Drama 2010 Reading this book is like following ... Read more
Joost Daalder Review of English Studies 2010 Calm, methodical, yet urgent humanist philosophy.
Emma Smith Comparative Drama 2010 Reading this book is like following ... Read more