Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes Slaves of Passion [Hardcover]

Lily Bess Campbell (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0844618063 | ISBN-13: 978-0844618067 | Publication Date: October 1973

Lily Bess Campbell (1883-1967) was a professor of English at UCLA. She won the achievement award from the American Association of University Women in 1960 and was named Woman of the Year by the Los Angeles Times in 1962. One of the most eminent literary scholars of her generation in the United States, she published mostly on Tudor literature. This study, first published in 1930, examines how the passions were understood in the Renaissance and why they were a central concern in the philosophy and medical studies of the period. After several chapters exploring moral philosophy and tragedy more generally, Campbell analyses the characters of Hamlet, Othello, Lear and Macbeth in relation to their guiding emotions: grief, jealousy, wrath and fear. She argues that Shakespeare, in his major tragedies, reflected the latest thinking of his time about the passions and their role in shaping the human mind.

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Campbell investigates Hamlet, Othello, Lear and Macbeth in relation to their guiding emotions. More than a simple character study, this work is an early example of the current scholarly interest in the Renaissance understanding of the passions, and will also interest scholars of early modern medicine and philosophy. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Inc (October 1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844618063
• ISBN-13: 978-0844618067
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars LIly Campbell offers truth from a new historicist perspectiv, July 27, 1998

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This review is from: Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes: Slaves of Passion (Library Binding)

Lily Campbell presents a very clear view of Shakespeare's tragedies in this study. This book is essential for anyone's personal Shakespeare library, as well as for an understanding and appreciation of the theoligical and philosophical substrata of the works.