Hamlet and Counter-Humanism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10423201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald Knowles (University of Reading, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1046-1069 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4338 • E-ISSN: 1935-0236 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2901835 |
| OpenAlex | W2052490610 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 17 |
This essay interprets the question of subjectivity in Hamlet by reappraising Renaissance skepticism and by reexamining the medieval debate concerning the misery of man's existence, and the Renaissance celebration of man. A central concern is the significance of the commonplace in humanist rhetoric and dialectic, by which Stoic and Christian thought depreciates passion. In his anguish Hamlet discovers a unique subjectivity as he attempts to reject the wisdom of tradition. But the nature of thought cannot be separated from the nature of the mind that thinks, and Hamlet's selfhood capitulates to the role
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Contemplation · Dialectic · Epistemology · HAMLET (protein complex · Humanism · Literature · Passion · Rhetoric · Skepticism · Subjectivity · The Renaissance · Theology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Historical Philosophy and Science · Philosophy · Psychology · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |