Shakespeare, Love and Language
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1107187230
ISBN-13
9781107187238
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 25th, 2018
Print length
260 Pages
Weight
510 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 15.70 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: plays and playwrightsShakespeare studies & criticismPhilosophyPhilosophy
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This book delivers a comprehensive investigation into the historical context of the concept of love that Shakespeare inherited. Professor Schalkwyk explores the ways in which Shakespeare's treatment of love may be illuminated by the philosophy and theory of writers including Plato, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Jacques Derrida.
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.
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