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Author
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Date published
2011
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Publisher
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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Subject
English drama (Tragedy) History and criticism
English drama 17th century History and criticism
Philosophy of mind in literature
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Accession number
83450246
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Class
65.16/FLE
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ISBN
9780230111684 (hbk.), 0230111688 (hbk.)
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Language
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Physical description
xvi, 192 p. ; 23 cm.
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Formatted contents note: Contents: Faustus, Macbeth, and the riddle of tomorrow -- Partial belief in Julius Caesar and Hamlet -- Othello and the subject of ocular proof -- Cartesian generosity and the new Shakespeare -- King Lear and the endurance of tragedy. Su-SCL. Summary, etc: Using Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth, among others, this book shows how the physical experience of art can transform Darwin's discouraging theory into a practice-based ethics.