Shakespeare and Happiness

Shakespeare and Happiness is a study of attitudes to happiness in the early modern period and in Shakespeare's plays.

Autorentext

Kathleen French has a PhD from The University of Sydney. She is currently an Honorary Associate in the Department of English at The University of Sydney.

Inhalt

Introduction; Part I. Thinking About Happiness; 1. Happiness in the Early Modern Period; 2. Approaches to Shakespeare; Part II. Happiness Gained: The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It and Twelfth Night; 3. Looking for Different Types of Happiness; 4. Looking for Happiness in a Fallen World; 5. Rewriting Eve; Part III. Happiness Lost: Hamlet, Measure for Measure, Othello and The Winter's Tale; 6. Trapped in a Fallen World; 7. Blaming Eve: Exercises in Power; 8. And After That Forgiveness?; Conclusion; Bibliography