The selected materials reflect the texts that Shakespeare responds to in Renaissance discourse. From Ben R. Schneider, Jr., Professor Emeritus of English at Lawrence University.
Materials for the Construction of Shakespeare's Morals
Materials for the Construction of Shakespeare's Morals
2024-06-15
Materials for the Construction of Shakespeare's Morals, the Stoic Legacy to the Renaissance Major Ethical Authorities. Indexed According to Virtues, Vices, and Characters from the Plays, as well as Topics in Swift, Pope, and Wordsworth. Books: Cicero's De Officiis, Seneca's Moral Essays and Moral Epistles, Plutarch's Lives, Montaigne's Essays, Elyot's Governour, Spenser's Faerie Queene, James I's Basilikon Doron, and Hall's Characters.