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In this revisionist study, Peter G. Platt provides a detailed history of the literary-critical interest in the Montaigne Shakespeare connection from the eighteenth century to the present day. Through sustained close readings of Montaigne's essays and Shakespeare's plays, Platt explores both authors' approaches to self, knowledge and form that stress fractures, interruptions and alternatives. While the change in monarchy, the revived interest in judicial rhetoric and the alterations in Shakespeare's acting company helped shape plays such as Measure for Measure, King Lear and The Tempest, this book contends that Shakespeare's reading of Montaigne is an under-recognised driving force in these later plays.

Shakespeare'S Essays: Sampling Montaigne from Hamlet to the Tempest

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In this revisionist study, Peter G. Platt provides a detailed history of the literary-critical interest in the Montaigne Shakespeare connection... Read more

    Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
    Publication Date: 17/05/2022
    ISBN13: 9781474463416, 978-1474463416
    ISBN10: 147446341X

    Number of Pages: 208

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

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    In this revisionist study, Peter G. Platt provides a detailed history of the literary-critical interest in the Montaigne Shakespeare connection from the eighteenth century to the present day. Through sustained close readings of Montaigne's essays and Shakespeare's plays, Platt explores both authors' approaches to self, knowledge and form that stress fractures, interruptions and alternatives. While the change in monarchy, the revived interest in judicial rhetoric and the alterations in Shakespeare's acting company helped shape plays such as Measure for Measure, King Lear and The Tempest, this book contends that Shakespeare's reading of Montaigne is an under-recognised driving force in these later plays.

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