Shakespeare and the Renaissance Concept of Honor
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Shakespeare and the Renaissance Concept of Honor
By (Author) Curtis Brown Watson
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
15th February 2016
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
822.33
Physical Properties
Paperback
490
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
680g
Description
Presenting a background study of honor, the author compares ancient concepts with the sympathetic restatements of them that appeared during the Renaissance. He places Shakespeare's plays in the context of these Renaissance ideas, pointing up the sharp conflict between Christian morality and the revived pagan humanism. He demonstrates by pertinent evidence from the plays that Shakespeare favored humanist values over Christian values. Originally published in 1960. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
