Shakespeare's Mad Men

Shakespeare's Mad Men
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 376
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ISBN-10 : 9781503633582
ISBN-13 : 1503633586
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare's Mad Men by : Richard van Oort

Download or read book Shakespeare's Mad Men written by Richard van Oort and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 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.


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