{"product_id":"shakespeares-mad-men-a-crisis-of-authority-paperback","title":"Shakespeare's Mad Men: A Crisis of Authority - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Van Oort\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about a mad king and a mad duke. With original and iconoclastic readings, Richard van Oort pioneers the reading of Shakespeare as an ethical thinker of the \"originary scene,\" the scene in which humans became conscious of themselves as symbol-using moral and narrative beings. Taking \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003c\/i\u003e as case studies, van Oort shows how the minimal concept of an anthropological scene of origin-the \"originary hypothesis\"-provides the basis for a new understanding of every aspect of the plays, from the psychology of the characters to the ethical and dialogical conflicts upon which the drama is based. The result is a gripping commentary on the plays. Why does Lear abdicate and go mad? Why does Edgar torture his father with non-recognition? Why does Lucio accuse the Duke in \u003ci\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003c\/i\u003e of madness and lechery, and why does Isabella remain silent at the end? In approaching these and other questions from the perspective of the originary hypothesis, van Oort helps us to see the ethical predicament of the plays, and, in the process, makes Shakespeare new again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard van Oort\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the University of Victoria in Canada. He is author of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Big Men\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782430261536,"sku":"9781503633575","price":51.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5d670d736833c72f2211791e3227ac13.webp?v=1780570455","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shakespeares-mad-men-a-crisis-of-authority-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}