The Shakespearean search for archetypes : the mirror and the signet /
Weaving coherent archetypal scripts rather than ornamental appoggiaturas in an attempt at essentialization, Shakespeare did not, however, launch metanarratives which impoverish the perspective on the world. His coded mythopoetic figures do not function as transcendental agency as they do in sacred h...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publisher,
2020.
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| Summary: | Weaving coherent archetypal scripts rather than ornamental appoggiaturas in an attempt at essentialization, Shakespeare did not, however, launch metanarratives which impoverish the perspective on the world. His coded mythopoetic figures do not function as transcendental agency as they do in sacred history, but rather as batteries of condensed and codified meaning or as indices of a certain culture.Intended for academic and general readers alike, this book finds in archetypes as operators or functions of discourse the explanation why Shakespeare has seemed to respond through time to as differen. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 155 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781527561984 1527561984 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed March 2, 2021). |