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"In this ground-breaking work, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics turns to the major figure in English literature, William Shakespeare, and proposes a dramatic new reading of nearly all his plays and poems. The key to A Theater of Envy is Girard's novel reinterpretation of "mimesis." For Girard, people desire objects not for their intrinsic value, but because they are desired by someone else - we mime or imitate their desires. This envy - or "mimetic desire" - he sees as one of the foundations of the human condition".--Back cover
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A Theater of Envy: William Shakespeare, René Girard
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- A Theater of Envy: William Shakespeare
- Language
- English
- Authors
- René Girard
- Publisher
- ST AUGUSTINES PR INC
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1587318601
- ISBN13
- 9781587318603
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Social Sciences, Literary Studies, Art, Philosophy, Theater, Literary Criticism
- Original title
- Shakespeare
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- "In this ground-breaking work, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics turns to the major figure in English literature, William Shakespeare, and proposes a dramatic new reading of nearly all his plays and poems. The key to A Theater of Envy is Girard's novel reinterpretation of "mimesis." For Girard, people desire objects not for their intrinsic value, but because they are desired by someone else - we mime or imitate their desires. This envy - or "mimetic desire" - he sees as one of the foundations of the human condition".--Back cover