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Shakespearean Metaphysics (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R3,782
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Shakespearean Metaphysics (Hardcover, New): Michael Witmore

Shakespearean Metaphysics (Hardcover, New)

Michael Witmore

Series: Shakespeare Now!

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This title offers a fresh approach to the plays that suggests they can be seen as metaphysical 'experiments' conducted in the medium of drama.Metaphysics is usually associated with that part of the philosophical tradition which asks about 'last things', questions such as: How many substances are there in the world? Which is more fundamental, quantity or quality? Are events prior to things, or do they happen to those things? While he wasn't a philosopher, Shakespeare was obviously interested in 'ultimates' of this sort. Instead of probing these issues with argument, however, he did so with plays. "Shakespearean Metaphysics" argues for Shakespeare's inclusion within a metaphysical tradition that opposes empiricism and Cartesian dualism.Through close readings of three major plays - "The Tempest", "King Lear" and "Twelfth Night" - Witmore proposes that Shakespeare's manner of depicting life on stage itself constitutes an 'answer' to metaphysical questions raised by later thinkers such as Spinoza, Bergson, and Whitehead. Each of these readings shifts the interpretative frame around the plays in radical ways; taken together they show the limits of our understanding of theatrical play as an 'illusion' generated by the physical circumstances of production."Shakespeare Now!" is a series of short books that engage imaginatively and often provocatively with the possibilities of Shakespeare's plays. It goes back to the source - the most living language imaginable - and recaptures the excitement, audacity and surprise of Shakespeare. It will return you to the plays with opened eyes.

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Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Shakespeare Now!
Release date: October 2008
First published: October 2008
Authors: Michael Witmore
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 156
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-9043-8
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
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LSN: 0-8264-9043-3
Barcode: 9780826490438

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