LEADER 03157nam 2200589 450 001 9910795878003321 005 20240112051645.0 010 $a1-5036-3358-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781503633582 035 $a(CKB)5700000000103550 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29972930 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL29972930 035 $a(DE-B1597)632959 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781503633582 035 $a(OCoLC)1350572478 035 $a(EXLCZ)995700000000103550 100 $a20240112d2023 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aShakespeare's Mad Men $eA Crisis of Authority /$fRichard van Oort 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aStanford, California :$cStanford University Press,$d[2023] 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (305 pages) 225 0 $aSquare One 311 $a1-5036-3290-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 The King?s Last Potlatch -- $t2 The Judge, the Duke, His Wife, and Her Lover -- $tConclusion -- $tAfterword -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThis book is about a mad king and a mad duke. With original and iconoclastic readings, Richard van Oort pioneers the reading of Shakespeare as an ethical thinker of the "originary scene," the scene in which humans became conscious of themselves as symbol-using moral and narrative beings. Taking King Lear and Measure for Measure as case studies, van Oort shows how the minimal concept of an anthropological scene of origin?the "originary hypothesis"?provides the basis for a new understanding of every aspect of the plays, from the psychology of the characters to the ethical and dialogical conflicts upon which the drama is based. The result is a gripping commentary on the plays. Why does Lear abdicate and go mad? Why does Edgar torture his father with non-recognition? Why does Lucio accuse the Duke in Measure for Measure of madness and lechery, and why does Isabella remain silent at the end? In approaching these and other questions from the perspective of the originary hypothesis, van Oort helps us to see the ethical predicament of the plays, and, in the process, makes Shakespeare new again. 410 0$aSquare one (Series) 606 $aCharacters and characteristics in literature 606 $aEnglish drama$y17th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEthics in literature 606 $aMeasure for measure (Shakespeare, William) 606 $aMentally ill in literature 615 0$aCharacters and characteristics in literature. 615 0$aEnglish drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEthics in literature. 615 0$aMeasure for measure (Shakespeare, William) 615 0$aMentally ill in literature. 676 $a822.33 700 $aVan Oort$b Richard$01103591 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795878003321 996 $aShakespeare's Mad Men$93858460 997 $aUNINA