Shakespearean metaphysics / / Michael Witmore

• Autore: Witmore Michael
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (156 p.)
• Disciplina: 822.33
• Soggetto topico: Metaphysics in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-129) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Shakespearean metaphysics
• ISBN: 1-4725-5550-3; 1-4411-4947-3; 1-282-87477-2; 9786612874772
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792004003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Shakespeare now!.