The Strong Necessity of Time: The Philosophy of Time in Shakespeare and Elizabethan Literature

G. F. Waller

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 1976

The Strong Necessity of Time

The Philosophy of Time in Shakespeare and Elizabethan Literature

G. F. Waller

Volume 90 in the series De Proprietatibus Litterarum. Series Practica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110806434

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
A Note on Editions Used Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
I. Time and the Elizabethans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
II. "From Tymes and Moments to Eternitie": the Medieval Tradition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
III. "Subject to Change and Unconquered": the Impact of New Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
PART TWO: THREE LATE ELIZABETHANS
IV. "The Pillours of Eternity": Mutability in Spenser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
V. Sir Walter Ralegh and "the consuming disease of time" . Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
VI. John Donne's Changing Attitude to Time Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
PART THREE: SHAKESPEARE
VII. "In Divers Paces with Divers Persons" - Time in Shakespeare's Early Works Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
VIII. "The Rough Torrent of Occasion" - Mutability in Shakespeare's Political World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
IX. "Things in Motion" - The Time-Worlds of Troilus and Cressida and Antony and Cleopatra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
X. "Time will Venom Breed" - Time and Tragedy in Macbeth and Hamlet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
XI. "The Great Gods" - Time, Tragedy, and Providence in King Lear Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
XII. "Both Joy and Terror " - Time and Providence in The Winter's Tale and The Tempest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Bibliographical Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Index of names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Copyright year: 1976
Edition: Reprint 2019
Pages
- Main content: 176
Keywords: Shakespeare, William *1564-1616*; Zeit; Philosophie

eBook

Published: November 18, 2019
ISBN: 9783110806434

Hardcover

Published: January 1, 1976
ISBN: 9789027932549