The Ancients and Shakespeare on Time

Some Remarks on the War of Generations
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-420-3820-2
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 271, 110 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 206 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Central European Value Studies

In The Ancients and Shakespeare on Time Piotr Nowak depicts a world where tradition – devoid of gravity, “Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything” – attempts to curb the young and new, while youth resists with all its power, vitality and characteristic insolence. The wars of generations, which Nowak explores in the works of Plato, Aristophanes and Shakespeare, pertain to the essence and meaning of time. They make up the dramatic tensions in the transgenerational dialogue between the old and the young.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: The Ancients
Senility, Youth and Justice: Some Remarks on the First Book of The Republic
The Last Step in The Clouds
The City of Women
Part Two: Shakespeare
King Lear, or the Battle of Generations
Gods and Children: Shakespeare Reads The Prince
Spelling The Tempest
Works Cited
About the Author
Index