Shakespeare and Philosophy
- ISBN-10
- 113517802X
- ISBN-13
- 9781135178024
- Series
- Shakespeare and Philosophy
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-04-02
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Stanley Stewart
Description
Touching on the work of philosophers including Richardson, Kant, Hume, Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, and Dewey, this study examines the history of what philosophers have had to say about "Shakespeare" as a subject of philosophy, from the seventeenth-century to the present. Stewart's volume will be of interest to Shakespeareans, literary critics, and philosophers.
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