Things Supernatural And Causeless
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Things Supernatural And Causeless
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Author : Marco Mincoff
language : en
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Release Date : 1992
Things Supernatural And Causeless written by Marco Mincoff and has been published by University of Delaware Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Drama categories.
"After centuries of denigration, Shakespeare's romances, in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, came to be seen by many critics as among Shakespeare's most profound works - as extensions of his tragic vision, as experiments in dramatic form, as deeply significant statements about art, about nature, about life. Marco Mincoff's Things Supernatural and Causeless - a work published in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1987, just before his death, but clearly written in the mid-1970s - sets out to show why this evaluation of the romances is wrong and to propose another way of looking at and evaluating Pericles and the plays that followed it." "For Mincoff, romance is "an inherently inferior genre" that, no matter what dramatic skills Shakespeare lavished on it, could never yield great drama. He argues that none of the romances has a profound message: whatever meaning one finds in Pericles, for instance, can be found just as readily in Apollonius of Tyre. Thus to look to these plays for greatness or for profound themes or ideas is to be inevitably disappointed or self-deluded." "What one does find in the romances, though, are plays that diverge sharply from their sources and analogues, and from other drama of the period, in the attention given to the creation of a sense of wonder. Mincoff finds, in the systematic control of language, crafting of scenes, and altering of sources in the plays, the suggestion of supernatural influence upon the play's action that exploits the "wonderful" inherent in Heliodorian romance. Mincoff suspects that "this sense of wonder really was important to Shakespeare," and finds Lafew's words (in All's Well That Ends Well) both a rather bitter commentary on Jacobean society and a clue to our better understanding of the romances:" ""They say miracles are past, and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence it is that we make trifles of terrors, ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear."" "Mincoff can spot that which is truly unusual in the romances because of his extensive knowledge of the other drama and other literature of the period and because of his ability to place the plays within the context of their own time. He places the above quotation, for example, within contemporary responses to skepticism; he discusses such dramaturgical devices as Presenters and expository supernumeraries in the context of other plays that Shakespeare's audiences would have been seeing; he is alert to the differences between our present-day understanding of life and language and that of Shakespeare's age, showing how words like art and nature are today understood in postromantic terms that make them far different words, representing far different concepts, from those used by Shakespeare in his romances."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Works Of William Shakespeare The Text Formed From An Entirely New Collation Of The Old Editions With Notes C By J P Collier With Notes And Emendations To The Text Of Shakespeare S Plays
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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1842
The Works Of William Shakespeare The Text Formed From An Entirely New Collation Of The Old Editions With Notes C By J P Collier With Notes And Emendations To The Text Of Shakespeare S Plays written by William Shakespeare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1842 with categories.
Archetypes And The Fourth Gospel
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Author : Brian Larsen
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-06-14
Archetypes And The Fourth Gospel written by Brian Larsen and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-14 with Religion categories.
Employing Northrop Frye's system of archetypal literary criticism - the use of romance, tragedy, irony and satire, and comedy - Brian Larsen offers a compelling summary of the essential governing framework and means of exchange between literature and theology. Characters in the Fourth Gospel are examined through a specific archetype, and, reciprocally, these characters illuminate and inform important theological aspects of their respective archetypes: Jesus and romance (hero story); Pilate and tragedy; the Jews and Thomas and irony; and Peter and comedy. This volume further clarifies the understanding of Frye's archetypesand identifies the key variable between each one: the relationship between (1) a belief or ideal and (2) experience or reality. Helping to advance dialogue between literature, biblical studies and theology, and providing insightful readings for a number of Fourth Gospel characters and texts, Larsen's examination will appeal to those seeking a new perspective on the themes of the New Testament or those seeking theological insights into literature.
The Routledge Companion To Shakespeare And Philosophy
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Author : Craig Bourne
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-25
The Routledge Companion To Shakespeare And Philosophy written by Craig Bourne and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-25 with Philosophy categories.
Iago’s ‘I am not what I am’ epitomises how Shakespeare’s work is rich in philosophy, from issues of deception and moral deviance to those concerning the complex nature of the self, the notions of being and identity, and the possibility or impossibility of self-knowledge and knowledge of others. Shakespeare’s plays and poems address subjects including ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and social and political philosophy. They also raise major philosophical questions about the nature of theatre, literature, tragedy, representation and fiction. The Routledge Companion to Shakespeare and Philosophy is the first major guide and reference source to Shakespeare and philosophy. It examines the following important topics: What roles can be played in an approach to Shakespeare by drawing on philosophical frameworks and the work of philosophers? What can philosophical theories of meaning and communication show about the dynamics of Shakespearean interactions and vice versa? How are notions such as political and social obligation, justice, equality, love, agency and the ethics of interpersonal relationships demonstrated in Shakespeare’s works? What do the plays and poems invite us to say about the nature of knowledge, belief, doubt, deception and epistemic responsibility? How can the ways in which Shakespeare’s characters behave illuminate existential issues concerning meaning, absurdity, death and nothingness? What might Shakespeare’s characters and their actions show about the nature of the self, the mind and the identity of individuals? How can Shakespeare’s works inform philosophical approaches to notions such as beauty, humour, horror and tragedy? How do Shakespeare’s works illuminate philosophical questions about the nature of fiction, the attitudes and expectations involved in engagement with theatre, and the role of acting and actors in creating representations? The Routledge Companion to Shakespeare and Philosophy is essential reading for students and researchers in aesthetics, philosophy of literature and philosophy of theatre, as well as those exploring Shakespeare in disciplines such as literature and theatre and drama studies. It is also relevant reading for those in areas of philosophy such as ethics, epistemology and philosophy of language.
The Works
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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1842
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The Works Of William Shakespeare
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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1842
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The Works Of William Shakespeare As You Like It The Taming Of The Shrew All S Well That Ends Well Twelfth Night The Winter S Tale
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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1842
The Works Of William Shakespeare As You Like It The Taming Of The Shrew All S Well That Ends Well Twelfth Night The Winter S Tale written by William Shakespeare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1842 with categories.
The Works Of William Shakspeare
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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1842
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Rules And Cautions In English Grammar Founded On The Analysis Of Sentences
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Author : William Rushton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1869
Rules And Cautions In English Grammar Founded On The Analysis Of Sentences written by William Rushton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1869 with English language categories.
Notes And Queries
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1863
Notes And Queries written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1863 with Electronic journals categories.