Hamlet and the rethinking of man / Eric P. Levy.

Author/creator Levy, Eric P.
Format Book
Publication InfoMadison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, ©2008.
Description256 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents "What is a man" : Hamlet and the problematics of man -- "In our circumstance and course of thought" : the problematics of conceptual scheme -- "What should we do?" : the predicament of practical reason in Hamlet -- Universal vs. particular : Hamlet and the madness in reason -- "Defeated joy" : melancholy and eudaemonia in Hamlet -- "Things standing thus unknown" : the epistemology of ignorance in Hamlet -- The problematic relation between reason and emotion in Hamlet -- "The time is out of joint": the resetting of time in Hamlet -- "Would it were not so": hypothetical alternatives in Hamlet -- "Who's there?": problematizing the concept of a person in Hamlet -- "Nor th'exterior nor the inward man" : the problematics of personal identity in Hamlet -- Conclusion: The mind of man in Hamlet.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and index.
LCCN 2007048280
ISBN9780838641392 (alk. paper)
ISBN0838641393 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR 2807 .L395 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold