Shakespeare and the Renaissance Concept of Honor

Presenting a background study of honor, the author compares ancient concepts with the sympathetic restatements of them that appeared during the Renaissance. He places Shakespeare's plays in the context of these Renaissance ideas, pointing up the sharp conflict between Christian morality and the revived pagan humanism. He demonstrates by pertinent evidence from the plays that Shakespeare favored humanist values over Christian values.

Originally published in 1960.

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Autorentext

Curtis Brown Watson

Inhalt

• Frontmatter,
• Preface,
• Contents,
• Introduction,
• Chapter 1. The Concept of Honor from Plato to the Renaissance,
• Chapter 2. Part 1. The Aristocratic Class Structure of the Renaissance,
• Chapter 3. Points of Conflict between Christianity and the Pagan-Humanist Ethics,
• Chapter 4. Honor as Public Esteem,
• Chapter 5. Shakespeare and the Aristocratic Class Structure of his Age,
• Chapter 6. Shakespeare and the Renaissance Concept of Honor,
• Chapter 7. Shakespeare and the Renaissance Concept of Honor (continued),
• Chapter 8. Shakespeare's Ambivalence in Regard to Christian and Pagan-Humanist Values,
• Chapter 9. Shakespeare's Ambivalence in Regard to Christian and Pagan-Humanist Values (continued),
• Chapter 10. Honor as Public Esteem,
• Chapter 11. Honor as Public Esteem (continued),
• Epilogue,
• Appendix,
• Bibliography,
• Index,