Tragedy and Scepticism in Shakespeare's England

Tragedy and Scepticism in Shakespeare's England
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 317
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ISBN-10 : 9780230502765
ISBN-13 : 0230502768
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Download or read book Tragedy and Scepticism in Shakespeare's England written by W. Hamlin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hamlin's study provides the first full-scale account of the reception and literary appropriation of ancient scepticism in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (c. 1570-1630). Offering abundant archival evidence as well as fresh treatments of Florio's Montaigne and Bacon's career-long struggle with the challenges of epistemological doubt, Hamlin's book explores the deep connections between scepticism and tragedy in plays ranging from Doctor Faustus and Troilus and Cressida to The Tragedy of Mariam , The Duchess of Malfi , and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore .


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