Renaissance Humanism developed a fantasy of friendship in which men
can be absolutely equal to one another, but Shakespeare and other
dramatists quickly saw through this rhetoric and developed their
own ideas about friendship more firmly based on a respect for human
difference. They created a series of brilliant and varied fictions
for human connection, as often antagonistic as sympathetic, using
these as a means for individuals to assert themselves in the face
of social domination. Whilst the fantasy of equal and permanent
friendship shaped their thinking, dramatists used friendship most
effectively as a way of shaping individuality and its limitations.
Dealing with a wide range of Shakespeare's plays and poems, and
with many works of his contemporaries, this study gives readers a
deeper insight into a crucial aspect of Shakespeare's culture and
his use of it in art.
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