Philosophical Readings of Shakespeare

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

   • Margherita Pascucci

   Pages 1-8

3. Allegory and the Combustion of Representation

   • Margherita Pascucci

   Pages 9-27

4. This Is I, Hamlet the Dane

   • Margherita Pascucci

   Pages 29-50

5. Macbeth, Multitudinous Seas Incarnadine

   • Margherita Pascucci

   Pages 51-91

6. The Bloody Legislation

   • Margherita Pascucci

   Pages 93-121

7. Four Ounces of Sterling Silver

   • Margherita Pascucci

   Pages 123-169

8. Timon of Athens

   • Margherita Pascucci

   Pages 171-195

9. Conclusion

   • Margherita Pascucci

   Pages 197-212

10. Back Matter

    Pages 213-275

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This book offers a close philosophical reading of King Lear and Timon of Athens which provides insights into the groundbreaking ontological discourse on poverty and money. Analysis of the discourse of poverty and the critique of money helps to read Shakespeare philosophically and opens new reflections on central questions of our own time.

• Hamlet
• King Lear
• Macbeth
• philosophy
• poverty
• William Shakespeare
• development aid
• British and Irish Literature

"This a bravura book, one that has much to teach contemporary Shakespeare studies." - Shakespeare Quarterly

"This difficult but rewarding study focuses on the representation of subjectivityand value in four of Shakespeare's tragedies." - Renaissance Quarterly

"This is an unusual book, a wild book at times, but such is the timely topic of poverty. What drives it to its scholarly and not always scholarly the author calls it 'political' conclusion, is the new sense of history that is imminent in poverty as it is in Shakespeare." - Anselm Haverkamp, New York University, USA

Margherita Pascucci has a PhD from New York University, USA and a Doctor Philosophiae from Viadrina Universität, Germany. She was the Marie Curie Fellow at Royal Holloway, UK from 2008-2010. She is the author of three monographs in Italian Causa sui. Saggio sul capitale e il virtuale, La Potenza della povertà. Marx legge Spinoza, and Il Pensiero di Walter Benjamin. Un'Introduzione.

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