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Subject Area: Philosophy-Stoicism

Influence of Stoicism on William Shakespeare: His Background Reading and How It Shaped His Portrayal of Characters
 Schneider, Ben Ross Jr.
2015 0-7734-4261-8 260 pages
A unique examination of Shakespeare’s different plays to prove the relevance of stoic philosophy, in the themes, ideas, and images that play out in his body of work. Contemporary interpreters of Shakespeare have ignored these primary philosophical sources of Renaissance thought that influenced the fundamental moral principles and thinking of his time.