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dc.contributor.editorGallagher, Lowell
dc.contributor.editorKearney, James
dc.contributor.editorLupton, Julia Reinhard
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-20T04:30:33Z
dc.date.available2021-01-20T04:30:33Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46220
dc.description.abstractTo entertain an idea is to take it in, pay attention to it, give it breathing room, dwell with it for a time. The practice of entertaining ideas suggests rumination and meditation, inviting us to think of philosophy as a form of hospitality and a kind of mental theatre. In this collection, organized around key words shared by philosophy and performance, the editors suggest that Shakespeare’s plays supply readers, listeners, viewers, and performers with equipment for living. In plays ranging from A Midsummer Night’s Dream to King Lear and The Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare invites readers and audiences to be more responsive to the texture and meaning of daily encounters, whether in the intimacies of love, the demands of social and political life, or moments of ethical decision. Entertaining the Idea features established and emerging scholars, addressing key words such as role play, acknowledgment, judgment, and entertainment as well as curse and care. The volume also includes longer essays on Shakespeare, Kant, Husserl, and Hegel as well as an afterword by theatre critic Charles McNulty on the philosophy and performance history of King Lear.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSG Literary studies: plays and playwrightsen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farmingen_US
dc.subject.otherLiterary Criticism
dc.subject.otherShakespeare
dc.subject.otherTechnology & Engineering
dc.subject.otherAgriculture
dc.titleEntertaining the Idea
dc.title.alternativeShakespeare, Performance, and Philosophy
dc.typebook
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy4af200cf-cd4b-42da-b77f-53784aeda421
oapen.relation.isbn9781487536237
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.imprintUniversity of Toronto Press
oapen.identifierhttps://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/23743927-7bba-40ae-aa36-14f2c74431d2
oapen.identifier.isbn9781487536237


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