Shakespeare's big men : tragedy and the problem of resentment /

Shakespeare's big men : tragedy and the problem of resentment /

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Author / Creator:	Van Oort, Richard, author.
Imprint:	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©2016
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. -- Julius Caesar. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. -- Hamlet. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. -- Othello. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. -- Macbeth. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. -- Coriolanus. Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William) Hamlet (Shakespeare, William) Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William) Macbeth (Shakespeare, William) Othello (Shakespeare, William) Men in literature. Resentment in literature. Desire in literature. Guilt in literature. Good and evil in literature. Protagonists (Persons) in literature. Anthropology in literature. Literature and anthropology. Anthropology in literature. Desire in literature. Good and evil in literature. Guilt in literature. Literature and anthropology. Men in literature. Protagonists (Persons) in literature. Resentment in literature. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11383649

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Varying Form of Title:	Big men
ISBN:	9781442622166 1442622164 9781442650077 1442650079
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 8, 2016).
Summary:	Shakespeare's Big Men examines five Shakespearean tragedies--Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and Coriolanus--through the lens of generative anthropology and the insights of its founder, Eric Gans. Generative anthropology's theory of the origins of human society explains the social function of tragedy: to defer our resentment against the "big men" who dominate society by letting us first identify with the tragic protagonist and his resentment, then allowing us to repudiate the protagonist's resentful rage and achieve theatrical catharsis. Drawing on this hypothesis, Richard van Oort offers inspired readings of Shakespeare's plays and their representations of desire, resentment, guilt, and evil. His analysis revives the universal spirit in Shakespearean criticism, illustrating how the plays can serve as a way to understand the ethical dilemma of resentment and discover within ourselves the nature of the human experience."--
Other form:	Print version: Van Oort, Richard. Shakespeare's big men. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016] 9781442650077 1442650079

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Summary:	Shakespeare's Big Menexamines five Shakespearean tragedies - Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and Coriolanus- through the lens of generative anthropology and the insights of its founder, Eric Gans. Generative anthropology's theory of the origins of human society explains the social function of tragedy: to defer our resentment against the "big men" who dominate society by letting us first identify with the tragic protagonist and his resentment, then allowing us to repudiate the protagonist's resentful rage and achieve theatrical catharsis. Drawing on this hypothesis, Richard van Oort offers inspired readings of Shakespeare's plays and their representations of desire, resentment, guilt, and evil. His analysis revives the universal spirit in Shakespearean criticism, illustrating how the plays can serve as a way to understand the ethical dilemma of resentment and discover within ourselves the nature of the human experience.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781442622166 1442622164 9781442650077 1442650079