Souls with Longing
Representations of Honor and Love in Shakespeare
1st Edition
Published on 21. November 2011
342 pages
979-8-216-27342-4 (ISBN)
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The works of William Shakespeare vividly represent for our admiration and study a pageant of souls with longing in whose wake we ceaselessly follow. Through some of his most memorable characters, Shakespeare illuminates the nature and character-as well as consequences-of our distinctively human passions and ambition, in particular our desire for and pursuit of both honor and love. The contributors to this collaborative volume (scholars in English Literature, Political Philosophy, and the Humanities) argue that Shakespeare has much to teach us about our longing for honor and love in particular, and thus about who we are, what we desire, and why. Through sustained reflection on the Shakespearean portraits of honor and love, which are the focus of the chapters in Souls With Longing, we become more keenly aware of our own humanity and come to know ourselves more profoundly. As the abiding popularity of his works aptly demonstrates, Shakespeare's unforgettable portraits of souls with longing-his representations of honor and love-continue to exert undeniable sway over our political, moral, and romantic imaginations.
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Bernard J. Dobski | Dustin A. Gish
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Representations of Honor and Love in Shakespeare
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Bernard J. Dobski is associate professor and chair of political science at Assumption College.
Dustin A. Gish is visiting assistant professor in the Political Science Department at the College of The Holy Cross.
Dustin A. Gish is visiting assistant professor in the Political Science Department at the College of The Holy Cross.
Content
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Shakespeare's Souls with Longing
Chapters
Chapter 1. Shakespeare's Understandings of Honor: Morally Absolute, Politically Relative
Chapter 2. Love, Honor, and the Dynamics of Shakespearean Drama
Chapter 3. The Spectrum of Love: Nature and Convention in As You Like It
Chapter 4. Pagan Statesmanship and Christian Translation: Governing Love in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Chapter 5. Honor and Eros: Private Goods and Public Neglect in Shakespeare's Troy
Chapter 6. Friendship and Love of Honor: The Education of Henry V
Chapter 7. Love, Sex, and Shakespeare's Intention in Romeo and Juliet
Chapter 8. Macbeth's Strange Infirmity: Shakespeare's Portrait of A Demonic Tyranny
Chapter 9. Beyond Love and Honor: Eros and Will to Power in Richard III
Chapter 10. Taming The Tempest: Prospero's Love of Wisdom and the Turn from Tyranny
Chapter 11. A Motley to the View: Staging Tragic Honor
Epilogue
Chapter 12. The Phoenix and Turtle and the Mysteries of Love: Who Wants What, Why, and to What Effect?
Chapter 13. Love's Book of Honor and Shame: Shakespeare's Sonnets and Lyric Flourishing
Appendices
Chapter A. Shakespeare's Plays: First Folio Edition (London, 1623)
Chapter B. Shakespeare's Works: Arranged According to Composition Date
Chapter C. Shakespeare's Plays: Arranged According to Political Order
Chapter D. Shakespeare's Plays: Arranged According to Dramatic Setting and Date
Prologue
Shakespeare's Souls with Longing
Chapters
Chapter 1. Shakespeare's Understandings of Honor: Morally Absolute, Politically Relative
Chapter 2. Love, Honor, and the Dynamics of Shakespearean Drama
Chapter 3. The Spectrum of Love: Nature and Convention in As You Like It
Chapter 4. Pagan Statesmanship and Christian Translation: Governing Love in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Chapter 5. Honor and Eros: Private Goods and Public Neglect in Shakespeare's Troy
Chapter 6. Friendship and Love of Honor: The Education of Henry V
Chapter 7. Love, Sex, and Shakespeare's Intention in Romeo and Juliet
Chapter 8. Macbeth's Strange Infirmity: Shakespeare's Portrait of A Demonic Tyranny
Chapter 9. Beyond Love and Honor: Eros and Will to Power in Richard III
Chapter 10. Taming The Tempest: Prospero's Love of Wisdom and the Turn from Tyranny
Chapter 11. A Motley to the View: Staging Tragic Honor
Epilogue
Chapter 12. The Phoenix and Turtle and the Mysteries of Love: Who Wants What, Why, and to What Effect?
Chapter 13. Love's Book of Honor and Shame: Shakespeare's Sonnets and Lyric Flourishing
Appendices
Chapter A. Shakespeare's Plays: First Folio Edition (London, 1623)
Chapter B. Shakespeare's Works: Arranged According to Composition Date
Chapter C. Shakespeare's Plays: Arranged According to Political Order
Chapter D. Shakespeare's Plays: Arranged According to Dramatic Setting and Date
