The Time Is Out of Joint: Shakespeare as Philosopher of HistoryRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 23.07.2002 - 384 Seiten The Time Is Out of Joint handles the Shakespearean oeuvre from a philosophical perspective, finding that Shakespeare's historical dramas reflect on issues and reveal puzzles which were taken up by philosophy proper only in the centuries following them. Shakespeare's extraordinary handling of time and temporality, the difference between truth and fact, that of theory, and that of interpretation and revelatory truth are evaluated in terms of Shakespeare's own conjectural endeavors, and are compared with early modern, modern, and postmodern thought. Heller shows that modernity, which recognized itself in Shakespeare only from the time of Romanticism, found in Shakespeare's work a revelatory character which marked the end of both metaphysical system-building and a tragic reckoning with the inaccessibility of an absolute, timeless truth. Heller distinguishes the four stages found in constantly unique relation in Shakespeare's work (historical, personal, political, and existential) and probes their significance as time comes to fall 'out of joint' and may be again set aright. Rather than initially bestowing upon Shakespeare the dubious honorary title of philosopher, Heller probes the concretely situated reflections of characters who must face a blind and irrational fate either without taking responsibility for the discordance of time, or with a responsibility which may both transform history into politics, and set right the time which is out of joint. In the ruminations and undertakings of these characters, Shakespeare's dramas present a philosophy of history, a political philosophy, and a philosophy of (im)moral personality. Heller weighs each as distinctly modern confrontations with the possibility of truth and virtue within a human historical condition no less multifarious for its momentariness. |
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... Part II:The History Plays 9 Richard II 1, 2, and 3 HenryVI The Tragedy of King Richard III 15 33 57 75 5 89 99 117 143 163 191 253 12 13 14 Part III:Three Roman Plays Coriolanus Julius Caesar vii The Time Is Out of Joint : Contents.
... Part II:The History Plays 9 Richard II 1, 2, and 3 HenryVI The Tragedy of King Richard III 15 33 57 75 5 89 99 117 143 163 191 253 12 13 14 Part III:Three Roman Plays Coriolanus Julius Caesar vii The Time Is Out of Joint : Contents.
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... Henry VI, for example), the time is out ofjoint absolutely. One can be born to put it right.At least, one can believe that one is born to put it right, as Hamlet and HenryVI do. Or one can willingly assume the responsibility to put it ...
... Henry VI, for example), the time is out ofjoint absolutely. One can be born to put it right.At least, one can believe that one is born to put it right, as Hamlet and HenryVI do. Or one can willingly assume the responsibility to put it ...
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... HenryVI, Richard II, Brutus, or Prospero. It never would have occurred to Shakespeare to let Talbot, Kent, or Octavius Caesar speak philosophically. “The philosophy of Shakespeare” is like “the language of Shakespeare.” Every ...
... HenryVI, Richard II, Brutus, or Prospero. It never would have occurred to Shakespeare to let Talbot, Kent, or Octavius Caesar speak philosophically. “The philosophy of Shakespeare” is like “the language of Shakespeare.” Every ...
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... HenryVI (the saint) and Richard III (the devil) together will ruin England. Machiavelli speaks of personal character traits, emotions, and passions as representative, accidental factors in political history. Opinions,judgments, and ...
... HenryVI (the saint) and Richard III (the devil) together will ruin England. Machiavelli speaks of personal character traits, emotions, and passions as representative, accidental factors in political history. Opinions,judgments, and ...
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... Henry VI and in Richard III. In another type of monologue, the character presents him- selfwith different options for action and ruminates about his choices.This inner dialogue is similar to the Aristotelian boulesis: there are two ...
... Henry VI and in Richard III. In another type of monologue, the character presents him- selfwith different options for action and ruminates about his choices.This inner dialogue is similar to the Aristotelian boulesis: there are two ...
Inhalt
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Part II The History Plays
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Part III Three Roman Plays
| 279 |
Postscript Historical Truth and Poetic Truth
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About the Author
| 375 |
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