{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-montaigne-paperback","title":"Shakespeare and Montaigne - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLars Engle\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePatrick Gray\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWilliam M. Hamlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShakespeare and Montaigne share a grounded, genial sense of the lived reality of human experience, as well as a surprising depth of engagement with history, literature and philosophy. With celebrated subtlety and incisive humour, both authors investigate abiding questions of epistemology, psychology, theology, ethics, politics and aesthetics. In this collection, distinguished contributors consider these influential, much-beloved figures in light of each other. The English playwright and the French essayist, each in his own fashion, reflect on and evaluate the Renaissance, the Reformation and the rise of new modern perspectives many of us now might readily recognise as our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGround-breaking new essays comparing Shakespeare and Montaigne Shakespeare and Montaigne share a grounded, genial sense of the lived reality of human experience, as well as a surprising depth of engagement with history, literature and philosophy. With celebrated subtlety and incisive humour, both authors investigate abiding questions of epistemology, psychology, theology, ethics, politics and aesthetics. In this collection, distinguished contributors consider these influential, much-beloved figures in light of each other. The English playwright and the French essayist, each in his own fashion, reflect on and evaluate the Renaissance, the Reformation and the rise of new modern perspectives many of us now might readily recognise as our own. Lars Engle is Chapman Professor of English at the University of Tulsa, Patrick Gray is Associate Professor of English Studies and Director of Liberal Arts at Durham University and William M. Hamlin is Professor of English at Washington State University and Bornander Distinguished Professor in the WSU Honors College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLars Engle, Chapman Professor of English at Tulsa, is the author of \u003ci\u003eShakespearean Pragmatism\u003c\/i\u003e, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eStudying Shakespeare's Contemporaries\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eEnglish Renaissance Drama: A Norton Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e. His essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePMLA\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eModern Philology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Survey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSEL\u003c\/i\u003e, and in numerous other journals and essay collections. He's a past Trustee of the Shakespeare Association of America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Gray is Associate Professor of English Studies and Director of Liberal Arts at Durham University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic: Selfhood, Stoicism, and Civil War \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), editor of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and the Ethics of War\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Renaissance Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). His essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Survey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Jahrbuch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSkenè\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJMEMS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eComparative Drama\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTextual Practice\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam M. Hamlin is Professor of English at Washington State University and Bornander Distinguished Professor in the WSU Honors College. His books include \u003ci\u003eTragedy and Scepticism in Shakespeare's England\u003c\/i\u003e (Palgrave, 2005), \u003ci\u003eMontaigne's English Journey\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford, 2013), and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eMontaigne: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford, 2020). A recipient of Guggenheim and British Academy fellowships, he has published essays in \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEnglish Literary Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMontaigne Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 468\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781440438560,"sku":"9781474458245","price":73.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/57a3cc7f30df46c51be2439f940ef7c1.webp?v=1780550742","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-montaigne-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}