Shakespeare’s Speculative Art 1st Edition by Maurice A Hunt ISBN 1349297275 9781349297276

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ISBN 10: 1349297275

ISBN 13: 9781349297276 

Author: Maurice A. Hunt

This is the first book-length analysis of Shakespeare s depiction of specula (mirrors) to reveal the literal and allegorical functions of mirrors in the playwright s art and thought. Adding a new dimension to the plays Troilus and Cressida, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Henry the Fifth, Love s Labor s Lost, A Midsummer Night s Dream, and All s Well That Ends Well, Maurice A. Hunt also references mirrors in a wide range of external sources, from the Bible to demonic practices. Looking at the concept of speculation through its multiple meanings – cognitive, philosophical, hypothetical, and provisional – this original reading suggests Shakespeare as a craftsman so prescient and careful in his art that he was able to criticize the queen and a former patron with such impunity that he could still live as a gentleman.

Table of contents:

1. Speculative Understanding and Ignorance in *Troilus and Cressida*, *Julius Caesar*, and *Macbeth*
2. Holding Up Drama as an “Ideal” Mirror in *Hamlet* and *The Life of King Henry the Fifth*
3. Mirroring Queen Elizabeth in John Lyly’s Comedies
4. Mirroring Queen Elizabeth in *Love’s Labor’s Lost*
5. A Speculative Political Allegory in *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*
6. Mirroring the Earl of Southampton in *All’s Well That Ends Well*

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