{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-the-truth-teller-david-hershinow-9781474439589","title":"Shakespeare and the Truth-Teller: Confronting the Cynic Ideal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExamines the early modern reception of classical Cynicism and the rise of literary realism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePromotes a new understanding of the intersection between literary character and ethical character, especially with respect to literature's role in facilitating belief in the revolutionary potential of individual critical agency\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDeploys the reception history of Diogenes the Cynic as a methodological point of contact between historicist and presentist approaches to Shakespeare\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws new interdisciplinary connections between Shakespeare studies, literary theory, critical theory, and political philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes novel readings of \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTimon of Athens\u003c\/i\u003e as well as other early modern texts and a number of major works of modern philosophy and political theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eHighlighting the necessity of literary thinking to political philosophy, this book explores Shakespeare's responses to sixteenth-century debates over the revolutionary potential of Cynic critical activity - debates that persist in later centuries and inform major developments in Western intellectual history. Analysing cynic characterisations of Lear's Fool, Hamlet and Timon of Athens, Hershinow presents new ways of thinking about modernity's engagement with classical models and literature's engagement with politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Hershinow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474439586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474439589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"David Hershinow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944266268927,"sku":"9781474439589","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_77408231-0529-4926-a578-b9bcf2bc6bba.jpg?v=1681502701","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-the-truth-teller-david-hershinow-9781474439589","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}