{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-the-nature-of-marcus-nordlund-9780810124233","title":"Shakespeare and the Nature of Love: Literature, Culture, Evolution","description":"The best conception of love, Marcus Nordlund contends, and hence the best framework for its literary analysis, must be a fusion of evolutionary, cultural, and historical explanation. It is within just such a bio-cultural nexus that Nordlund explores Shakespeare's treatment of different forms of love. His approach leads to a valuable new perspective on Shakespearean love and, more broadly, on the interaction between our common humanity and our historical contingency as they are reflected, recast, transformed, or even suppressed in literary works.\u003cbr\u003e After addressing critical issues about love, biology, and culture raised by his method, Nordlund considers four specific forms of love in seven of Shakespeare's plays. Examining the vicissitudes of parental love in \u003ci\u003eTitus Andronicus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCoriolanus\u003c\/i\u003e, he argues that Shakespeare makes a sustained inquiry into the impact of culture and society upon the natural human affections. \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e offers insight into the conflicted relationship between love and duty. In two problem plays about romantic love, \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Cressida\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAll's Well that Ends Well\u003c\/i\u003e, the tension between individual idiosyncrasies and social consensus becomes especially salient. And finally, in \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, Nordlund asks what Shakespeare can tell us about the dark avatar of jealousy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcus Nordlund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810124238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810124233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.32w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2008 pg. 1161","brand":"Marcus Nordlund","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448975503615,"sku":"9780810124233","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3d97d42e-65f6-4f24-bfea-826113fb3a4d.jpg?v=1777261412","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-the-nature-of-marcus-nordlund-9780810124233","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}