Shakespeare and Happiness
Kathleen French, "Shakespeare and Happiness "
English | ISBN: 0367742209 | 2022 | 264 pages | PDF | 22 MB
English | ISBN: 0367742209 | 2022 | 264 pages | PDF | 22 MB
Shakespeare and Happiness is a study of attitudes to happiness in the early modern period and in Shakespeare’s plays. It considers the conflicting influences of religion and Aristotelian philosophy in shaping attitudes to the possibility of attaining happiness.
By being the first book to focus specifically on the representation of happiness in Shakespeare’s plays, it contributes to
feminist approaches to Shakespeare by foregrounding the important role of women in showing the right way to live and achieve happiness.
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