Rethinking Shakespeare's Skepticism: The Aesthetics of Doubt in the Sonnets and Plays

Author:   Suzanne M. Tartamella
Publisher:   Duquesne University Press
ISBN:  

9780820704678


Pages:   303
Publication Date:   23 January 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Tartamella casts new light on seemingly quite familiar material -- Shakespeare's Sonnetsand a number of his plays, including Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, and Antony and Cleopatra. By placing the Sonnets within the context of the literary history of praise poetry, and exploring the underlying influence of early modern skepticism on Shakespeare's writing, this book truly enhances our understanding of the subtleties and complexities in all of Shakespeare's work.

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Author:   Suzanne M. Tartamella
Publisher:   Duquesne University Press
Imprint:   Duquesne University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780820704678


ISBN 10:   0820704679
Pages:   303
Publication Date:   23 January 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Rather than looking at Shakespeare s religious doubt, Tartamella is concerned with Shakespeare s skepticism regarding the natural goodness of humankind. The research and learning of the study are commendable, the writing is professional, and the insights are welcome. . . . Recommended. All readers. Choice


"""Taking seriously the propensity of a poetry of praise and blame to turn its regard on itself, Tartamella traces a deeply rhetorical (rather than intellectual or social) element of doubt in the poems and plays, which she figures as the skeptical canker within the epideictic rose.""-- ""SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900"" (1/1/2015 12:00:00 AM) Rather than looking at Shakespeare s religious doubt, Tartamella is concerned with Shakespeare s skepticism regarding the natural goodness of humankind. The research and learning of the study are commendable, the writing is professional, and the insights are welcome. . . . Recommended. All readers. Choice"" Taking seriously the propensity of a poetry of praise and blame to turn its regard on itself, Tartamella traces a deeply rhetorical (rather than intellectual or social) element of doubt in the poems and plays, which she figures as the skeptical canker within the epideictic rose. SEL Studies in English Literature 1500 1900"""


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SUZANNE M. TARTAMELLA is assistant professor of English at Henderson State University and previously taught at Gettysburg College. Her work has previously appeared in English Literary Renaissance; this is her first book.

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