Othello's Sacrifice: Essays on Shakespeare and Romantic Tradition (Essay Series 28) - Softcover

O'Meara, John

9781550710403: Othello's Sacrifice: Essays on Shakespeare and Romantic Tradition (Essay Series 28)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550710400 ISBN 13: 9781550710403

Publisher: Guernica Editions, 1996

In these essays, John O'Meara re-assesses both the tragic limitations and inherent promise of Romantic tradition in the interpretation of Shakespeare. The philosophical theory of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Anthroposophy, is brought forward as consummating that tradition. Building on concepts which Anthroposophy supplies O'Meara proceeds to a fresh reading of Shakespeare's work. A wide range of plays is covered from Richard II to The Tempest, with special focus on Othello and King Lear. The endings of these plays, O'Meara sees as pivotal to Shakespeare's evolution into a final phase prophetic of the Romantic experience to come which Steiner fulfils.

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About the Author:

John O'Meara trained as a Shakespearean and a Romantic critic. He taught for many years at the University of Toronto and the University of Ottawa. Visit the author’s website at johnomeara.squarespace.com

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