Shame in Shakespeare

by Ewan Fernie

Book Overview

One of the most intense and painful of our human passions, shame is typically seen in contemporary culture as a disability or a disease to be cured. Shakespeare's ultimately positive portrayal of the emotion challenges this view. Drawing on philosophers and theorists of shame, Shame in Shakespeare analyses the shame and humiliation suffered by the tragic hero, providing not only a new approach to Shakespeare but a committed and provocative argument...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415258286
• ISBN13: 9780415258289
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.7"