The Temporality of Eternal Prosperity
Prospero's Labors of Love in The Tempest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4898130 |
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| Authors | Jason Hoult (York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 443-455 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The European Legacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-8770 • E-ISSN: 1470-1316 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10848770.2017.1304071 |
| OpenAlex | W2603720281 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
In this essay, I examine the role of providence in Shakespeare’s The Tempest alongside the concept of history that Kierkegaard develops in Philosophical Fragments. I argue that the art of the play is contained in Prospero’s historical and loving engagement with the past. In short, I undertake to show that, in stark contrast to the Greek and Roman conception of time as fate, it is in viewing love as both the temporal origin and the eternal goal of existence that the time of our lives is rendered providential, that is, meaningful and historical
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Literature · Prosperity · Tempest · Temporality · Kierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Samuel Beckett and Modernism
| Highly cited | No |
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