Double Vision Moral Philosophy and Shakespearean Drama

Name: Double Vision Moral Philosophy and Shakespearean Drama
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ISBN: 9780691155456

ISBN-10: 0691155453

ISBN-13: 9780691155456

Edition: 2006

Authors: Tzachi Zamir

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Hamlet tells Horatio that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in his philosophy. InDouble Vision, philosopher and literary critic Tzachi Zamir argues that there are more things in Hamlet than are dreamt of--or at least conceded--by most philosophers. Making an original and persuasive case for the philosophical value of literature, Zamir suggests that certain important philosophical insights can be gained only through literature. But such insights cannot be reached if literature is deployed merely as an aesthetic sugaring of a conceptual pill. Philosophical knowledge is not opposed to, but is consonant with, the literariness of literature. By focusing on the…

Book details

Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/3/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.13" long x 0.53" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Philosophical Criticism In Theory


The Epistemological Basis of Philosophical Criticism


The Moral Basis of Philosophical Criticism


Philosophical Criticism and Contemporary Literary Studies



Philosophical Criticism In Practice


A Case of Unfair Proportions


Upon One Bank and Shoal of Time


Love Stories


Making Love


On Being Too Deeply Loved


Doing Nothing


King Lear's Hidden Tragedy



A Note on Lear's Motivation



A Note on Shakespeare and Rhetoric


Works Cited


Index