LEADER 04840nam 22006135 450 001 9911049207503321 005 20260102122643.0 010 $a3-032-09446-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-032-09446-9 035 $a(CKB)44770247600041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32470925 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32470925 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-032-09446-9 035 $a(EXLCZ)9944770247600041 100 $a20260102d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHegel's Relationship to Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth /$fby Michael Geoffrey Salter 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (419 pages) 225 1 $aReligion and Philosophy Series 311 08$a3-032-09445-3 327 $aPART I: HEGEL?S INTERPRETATION OF HAMLET ? ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROSPECTS -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Part One: Hegel?s Interpretation Of Hamlet ? Achievements And Prospects -- Chapter 2: Hegel's Interpretation of Hamlet: An Overview of His Aesthetics? Key Claims -- Chapter 3: Hegel Analysing Hamlet Contemplating Yorick?s Skull -- Chapter 4: Prince Hamlet as Hegel?s ?Beautiful Soul"? -- Chapter 5: Prince Hamlet as Hegel?s "Subjective Idealist?? -- Chapter 6: Prince Hamlet as a Hegelian ?Unhappy Consciousness?? -- Chapter 7: A Hegelian Reading of Horatio Narrating Hamlet?s Afterlife -- PART II: HEGEL ON MACBETH AND HAMLET -- Chapter 8: The Importance of Comparing Macbeth And Hamlet -- Chapter 9: Contrasting Macbeth?s Responses to Witches and Hamlet?s Reaction to the Ghost of Old Hamlet in Hegel?s Phenomenology -- Chapter 10: Banquo?s Ghost as Retributive Fate in Hegel?s Early Thought -- Chapter 11: Controversies over the limits of Hegelian tragic reconciliation in Hamlet and Macbeth -- Chapter 12: Concluding Reflections. 330 $aThis book explores how Hegel, who had studied Shakespeare first as a schoolboy and then continued to cite him throughout his academic career, responded to the challenges of extracting deep philosophical significance and previously unnoticed implications from this playwright's tragedies, especially Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and King Lear. More specifically, it addresses how Hegel interprets the contrast between the character Hamlet, as the first truly modern individual, with Macbeth, who was rooted in a superstitious mindset regarding witches' prophecies of his fate and the supernatural more generally. This contrast, Hegel argues, illustrates the transition from the ideological characteristic of a feudal social order to an early modern one, while illustrating the inner tensions and contradictions of the latter's extreme individualism with which we continue to grapple in today's world. Hegel's Relationship to Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth shows how Hegel employed Shakespeare?s imaginary to delve into ideas of self-awareness, freedom, individuality and the recognition of human mortality and finitude. The book is essential reading for all scholars, researchers and advanced students of the thought of G.W.F. Hegel. It is also of interest to scholars of the work of William Shakespeare, especially those focussing on the tragedies. Dr Michael Geoffrey Salter is a professor within the School of Humanities' Department of Intercultural Communication (CUHK SZ) teaching Hamlet and other English literature and language courses. He has published five major monographs based on earlier research interests in interpretive-linguistic interests in war crimes trials and geopolitical issues arising from selective prosecution. He has previously taught at Birmingham, Ulster, Lancaster and Central Lancashire universities. He has also published over 50 refereed book chapters. 410 0$aReligion and Philosophy Series 606 $aIdealism, German 606 $aLiterature$xPhilosophy 606 $aInterpretation, Literary 606 $aLiterature$xAesthetics 606 $aGerman Idealism 606 $aPhilosophy of Literature 606 $aLiterary Interpretation 606 $aLiterary Aesthetics 615 0$aIdealism, German. 615 0$aLiterature$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aInterpretation, Literary. 615 0$aLiterature$xAesthetics. 615 14$aGerman Idealism. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Literature. 615 24$aLiterary Interpretation. 615 24$aLiterary Aesthetics. 676 $a822.33 700 $aSalter$b Michael Geoffrey$01885659 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911049207503321 996 $aHegel's Relationship to Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth$94520966 997 $aUNINA