Kent Lehnhof – författare

Breaking new ground in Shakespearean sound studies, Kent Lehnhof draws scholarly attention to the rich ethical significance of the voice and vocality. Less concerned with semantics, stylistics, and rhetoric than with the sensuous, sonorous, and somatic dimensions of human speech, Lehnhof performs close readings of five plays - Coriolanus, King Lear, Pericles, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest - to demonstrate how Shakespeare's later works present the act of speaking and the sound of the voice as capable of constructing, deconstructing, and reconstructing interpersonal relationships and obligations. By thinking widely and innovatively about the voice and vocality, Lehnhof models a fresh form of philosophically-minded criticism that resists logocentrism and elevates the voices of marginalized groups and individuals including women, members of societal "underclasses", racialized persons and non-humans.

‘A brilliant book with absolutely everything you’d want to know about all of Shakespeare’s plays, from someone who really knows their stuff.’ – Matthew Nichols, Manchester Grammar School, UK.Are you curious about why Shakespeare’s plays remain so popular four centuries since they were written? Could you use a companion to plays you’ll be studying or seeing? This guide will accelerate your comprehension, sharpen your insight, expand your vision and improve your experience of Shakespeare’s dramatic works.Understanding Shakespeare’s Plays is an easy-to-use reference that gives you a way into every play in the canon through a combination of enriching information, eye-opening analysis and frank discussion. You’ll be introduced to each play’s history and use of sources, gain an overview of the dramatic action and offered an exploration of key moments and choices that define the work.Whereas other guidebooks present the plays neutrally, or only comment on a small selection of favourites, this one provides an accessible introduction to every single play and acknowledges that not all of them are perfect gems. Understanding Shakespeare Plays is unique – and uniquely helpful – in offering not only a sophisticated understanding of each play but also a candid review of its accomplishments and challenges, enabling you to make informed decisions about what to read or see and what to look for when you do. This is the book to get if you want to get Shakespeare.

‘A brilliant book with absolutely everything you’d want to know about all of Shakespeare’s plays, from someone who really knows their stuff.’ – Matthew Nichols, Manchester Grammar School, UK.Are you curious about why Shakespeare’s plays remain so popular four centuries since they were written? Could you use a companion to plays you’ll be studying or seeing? This guide will accelerate your comprehension, sharpen your insight, expand your vision and improve your experience of Shakespeare’s dramatic works.Understanding Shakespeare’s Plays is an easy-to-use reference that gives you a way into every play in the canon through a combination of enriching information, eye-opening analysis and frank discussion. You’ll be introduced to each play’s history and use of sources, gain an overview of the dramatic action and offered an exploration of key moments and choices that define the work.Whereas other guidebooks present the plays neutrally, or only comment on a small selection of favourites, this one provides an accessible introduction to every single play and acknowledges that not all of them are perfect gems. Understanding Shakespeare Plays is unique – and uniquely helpful – in offering not only a sophisticated understanding of each play but also a candid review of its accomplishments and challenges, enabling you to make informed decisions about what to read or see and what to look for when you do. This is the book to get if you want to get Shakespeare.

Presents Shakespeare's theatre as a powerful forum for shaping our capacity for virtueOpens virtue ethics to new political and ecological stakes by building bridges between ancient philosophy, contemporary virtue ethics and Shakespeare's dramaDemonstrates the semantic, pragmatic, and phenomenological range of virtue in Shakespeare's plays and dramatic practice by emphasizing the embodied, performative and deliberative dimensions of virtueOffers new readings of virtues such as courage, friendship, constancy, kindness and judgment, as staged in Shakespeare's dramaThis collection of essays explores how the Shakespearean drama enacts ancient virtues and conceptualises new ones in complex fictional scenarios that test virtues for their continuing value. Contributors approach the virtues as a source of imaginative, affective and intellectual nourishment and consider how Shakespeare's art increases our capacity for new pursuits of the good. Examining Shakespeare's virtuous theatre in tragic, comic and romance modes and from ethical, theatrical and political perspectives, this volume establishes virtue as a framework for a socially, environmentally and spiritually renewed literary criticism. Contributors balance historical depth and philosophical insight with the art of close reading as they contemplate the dynamic field of virtue embodied, responsive, energetic and dynamic as it ebbs and flows across time, among multiple wisdom traditions, and in the entangled lives and troubled circumstances of Shakespeare's characters.

This collection of essays explores how the Shakespearean drama enacts ancient virtues and conceptualises new ones in complex fictional scenarios that test virtues for their continuing value. Contributors approach the virtues as a source of imaginative, affective and intellectual nourishment and consider how Shakespeare's art increases our capacity for new pursuits of the good. Examining Shakespeare's virtuous theatre in tragic, comic and romance modes and from ethical, theatrical and political perspectives, this volume establishes virtue as a framework for a socially, environmentally and spiritually renewed literary criticism. Contributors balance historical depth and philosophical insight with the art of close reading as they contemplate the dynamic field of virtue embodied, responsive, energetic and dynamic as it ebbs and flows across time, among multiple wisdom traditions, and in the entangled lives and troubled circumstances of Shakespeare's characters.