Shakespeare, The Reformation And The Interpreting Self (Edinburgh Critical Studies In Shakespeare And Philosophy)

Shows the influence of Reformation hermeneutics on Shakespeare's representations of selfhood We share with Shakespeare, it seems, the assumption that to be human is to be an interpreter of oneself, others and the world - seeking but not always arriving at understanding. Shakespeare, the Reformation and the Interpreting Self explores this perspective on human subjectivity. This study reads the complex, compelling representations of the self as an interpreter (and misinterpreter) of reality in Shakespeare's 'problem plays' alongside an intellectual history that links the culture-shaping theological hermeneutics of the playwright's day to the similarly influential philosophical hermeneutics of our times. What is it to be an interpreting self? Through its critical approach, it brings to the fore questions about human beings' finitude, agency, motivations, self-knowledge and ethical relation to others, questions that were of great relevance in Shakespeare's England and which continue to resonate in our present-day dilemmas and debates about human experience and human being. Roberta Kwan is an Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Media, Communication, Creative Arts, Language, and Literature at Macquarie University, Sydney.

• | Author: Roberta Kwan
• | Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 09, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 432 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1474461948
• | ISBN-13: 9781474461948