Shakespeare, William

Gray, Patrick; Clifford, Helen

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_538-1

Shakespeare, William

Gray, Patrick; Clifford, Helen

Authors

Patrick Gray

Helen Clifford

Contributors

Marco Sgarbi
Editor

Abstract

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) is the world’s most highly acclaimed literary figure, known for his plays and poems. Shakespeare is celebrated for his comic touch; kaleidoscopic, tightly structured verse; and genial sense of human nature, manifest in finely detailed individual characterization. Less widely recognized, however, is the depth of his engagement with classical and contemporary philosophy, which bears comparison to more obviously learned contemporaries such as Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), John Case (c. 1540–1600), and Justus Lipsius (1547–1606).

Citation

Gray, P., & Clifford, H. (2017). Shakespeare, William. In M. Sgarbi (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Renaissance philosophy (1-8). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_538-1

Acceptance Date	Oct 21, 2017
Online Publication Date	Dec 5, 2017
Publication Date	Dec 5, 2017
Deposit Date	Aug 14, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Dec 19, 2017
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	1-8
Book Title	Encyclopedia of Renaissance philosophy.
ISBN	9783319028484
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_538-1