James L. Calderwood offers a lively exploration of the ways in which Shakespeare dramatizes the strategies people employ to deal with and transcend the inevitability of death. In keeping with the views of Ernest Becker, Norman O. Brown, and others, Calderwood argues that the denial of death is fundamental to both individuals and their cultures. By drawing on a fascinating range of examples, he suggests how often and how variously Shakespeare dramatizes this desire for symbolic immortality.
- ISBN13 9780870235825
- Publish Date 30 April 1988
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 16 August 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Massachusetts Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 312
- Language English