Shakespeare and the culture of paradox

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"Committed to situating literature within the larger culture, Peter Platt begins by examining the Renaissance culture of paradox in both the classical and Christian traditions. He then looks at selected plays in terms of paradox, including the geographical site of Venice in Othello and The Merchant of Venice, and equity law in The Comedy of Errors, Merchant, and Measure for Measure. Platt also considers the paradoxes of theater and live performance that were central to Shakespearean drama, such as the duality of the player, the boy-actor and gender, and the play/audience relationship in the Henriad, Hamlet, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest." "In showing that Shakespeare's plays create and are created by a culture of paradox, Platt offers an exciting and innovative investigation of Shakespeare's cognitive and affective power over his audience."--Jacket.

subjects: Paradox in literature,  Knowledge,  Logic,  Perspective (Philosophy),  Philosophy,  Criticism and interpretation,  Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretation,  Paradoxe dans la littérature,  Perspective (Philosophie),  LITERARY CRITICISM,  Shakespeare,  DRAMA,  Paradoxon,  Paradoxe,  William Shakespeare,  Théâtre (genre littéraire),  Knowledge and learning,  Contributions in logic

People: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)