Abstract
The essay considers Shakespeare's enactment of philosophical thought in dramatic form. Particular attention is paid to the critical evaluation of Shakespeare, in this light, by Samuel Johnson while a contrast is made with the attitudes to Shakespeare of the great eighteenth-century philosophers, including Hume, Kant and Voltaire. A final section examines particular issues in philosophy such as liberty, duty and sexual and familial love.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century |
| Editors | Fiona Ritchie, Peter Sabor |
| Place of Publication | Cambridge |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Chapter | 16 |
| Pages | 331-348 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780521898607 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Shakespeare
- Philosophy
- Johnson
- Aesthetics
- Hume
- Kant
- Voltaire
- Dramatic
- Moral