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Autore |
Witmore Michael |
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Shakespearean metaphysics / / Michael Witmore |
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London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2008 |
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1-4725-5550-3 |
1-4411-4947-3 |
1-282-87477-2 |
9786612874772 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (156 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Metaphysics in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-129) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; General Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Shakespearean Metaphysics and the Drama of Immanence; 2. Whitehead and the Final Satisfaction of Twelfth Night; 3. Lear's Intensity, Bergson's Divided Kingdom; 4. Spinoza and The Tempest: An Island of One; Bibliographical Note and Further Reading; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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