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Second Death: Theatricalities of the Soul in Shakespeare's Drama

Second Death: Theatricalities of the Soul in Shakespeare's Drama

Sherman, Donovan

Hardcover

Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 1474411452
ISBN13: 9781474411455
Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr
Published: Jun 29 2016
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

Illuminates our understanding of the soul as a historically and philosophically vital concept through Shakespearean drama
Second Death seeks to revitalise our understanding of the soul as a philosophically profound, theoretically radical, and ultimately--and counterintuitively--theatrically realised concept. The book contends that the work of Shakespeare, when closely read alongside early modern cultural and religious writings, helps us understand the soul's historical placement as a powerful paradox: it was essential to establishing humanity but resistant to clear representation. Drawing from current critical theory as well as extensive historical research, Second Death examines works of Shakespearean drama, including The Merchant of Venice, Coriolanus, and The Winter's Tale, to suggest that rather than simply being incapable of understanding or physical realisation, the soul expressed itself in complex and subtle modes of performance. As a result, this book offers new ways of looking at identity, theatre, and spirituality in Shakespeare's era and in our own.

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