Shakespeare and Philosophy [Hardcover]

Touching on the work of philosophers including Richardson, Kant, Hume, Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, and Dewey, this study examines the history of what philosophers have had to say about Shakespeare as a subject of philosophy, from the seventeenth-century to the present.  Stewart's volume will be of interest to Shakespeareans, literary critics, and philosophers.

Abbreviations and Bibliographical Note Acknowledgments 1: Philosophys Shakespeare: Defining Terms 2: Philosophys Shakespeare: Breaking the Silence 3: Humes Shakespeare 4: Philosophy in Richardsons Philosophical Analysis of Shakespeare 5: Enlightenment Shakespeare 6: Shakespeare and Subjectivity: Kierkegaard and Nietzsche 7: Pragmatisms Shakespeare 8: Shakespeare and the Limits of Wittgensteins World 9: Shakespeare and The Litrification of Philosophy Appendix: The Evolution of Richardsons Philosophical AnalysisNotes Bibliography Index