Ebook: Shame in Shakespeare

Front Cover; Shame in Shakespeare; Copyright Page; Contents; General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Shame before Shakespeare; 3. Shame in the Renaissance; 4. Shame in Shakespeare; 5. Hamlet; 6. Othello; 7. King Lear; 8. Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus; 9. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index;One of the most intense and painful of our human passions, shame is typically seen in contemporary culture as a disability or a disease to be cured. Shakespeare's ultimately positive portrayal of the emotion challenges this view. Drawing on philosophers and theorists of shame, Shame in Shakespeare analyses the shame and humiliation suffered by the tragic hero, providing not only a new approach to Shakespeare but a committed and provocative argument for reclaiming shame. The volume provides:· an account of previous traditions of shame and of the Renaissance context· a them.