LEADER 03116nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910777855703321 005 20230607221950.0 010 $a1-281-74077-2 010 $a9786611740771 010 $a0-300-12720-0 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300127201 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471910 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171403 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000245107 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11217097 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245107 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10190847 035 $a(PQKB)10422918 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000165569 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420012 035 $a(DE-B1597)485279 035 $a(OCoLC)1024051222 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300127201 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420012 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170038 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL174077 035 $a(OCoLC)923589884 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471910 100 $a20020226d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aShakespeare's tragic skepticism$b[electronic resource] /$fMillicent Bell 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xvii, 283 p.)) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-09255-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 279-283). 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$t1. Hamlet, Revenge! --$t2. Othello's Jealousy --$t3. ''Unaccommodated'' Lear --$t4. Macbeth's Deeds --$tEpilogue --$tSelected Bibliography 330 $aReaders of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies have long noted the absence of readily explainable motivations for some of Shakespeare's greatest characters: why does Hamlet delay his revenge for so long? Why does King Lear choose to renounce his power? Why is Othello so vulnerable to Iago's malice? But while many critics have chosen to overlook these omissions or explain them away, Millicent Bell demonstrates that they are essential elements of Shakespeare's philosophy of doubt. Examining the major tragedies, Millicent Bell reveals the persistent strain of philosophical skepticism. Like his contemporary, Montaigne, Shakespeare repeatedly calls attention to the essential unknowability of our world. In a period of social, political, and religious upheaval, uncertainty hovered over matters great and small-the succession of the crown, the death of loved ones from plague, the failure of a harvest. Tumultuous social conditions raised ultimate questions for Shakespeare, Bell argues, and ultimately provoked in him a skepticism which casts shadows of existential doubt over his greatest masterpieces. 606 $aSkepticism in literature 606 $aTragedy 615 0$aSkepticism in literature. 615 0$aTragedy. 676 $a822.3/3 700 $aBell$b Millicent$0451709 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777855703321 996 $aShakespeare's tragic skepticism$9157572 997 $aUNINA