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Shakespeare and Virtue: A Handbook

By Julia Reinhard Lupton , Donovan Sherman

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2023
ISBN
1108843409, 9781108843409
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3604081 bytes)
Pages
433\434
Topic
Literature
Time added
2023-02-08 12:01:05

Description

This volume maps Shakespearean virtue in all its plasticity and variety, providing thirty-eight succinct, wide-ranging essays that reveal a breadth and diversity exceeding any given morality or code of behaviour. Clearly explaining key concepts in the history of ethics and in classical, theological, and global virtue traditions, the collection reveals their presence in the works of Shakespeare in interpersonal, civic, and ecological scenes of action. Paying close attention to individual identity and social environment, chapters also consider how the virtuous horizons broached in Shakespearean drama have been tested anew by the plays' global travels and fresh encounters with different traditions. Including sections on global wisdom, performance and pedagogy, this handbook affirms virtue as a resource for humanistic education and the building of human capacity.

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