Abstract
This essay proposes that the key element in Hamlet’s experience of a self “within that passes show” is his systematic achievement of a transformed temporality. His instrument for achieving this other temporality is recurrent representation of a chiasmus of theatricalization-an interminable interchange between kinds of role playing-that propels the imagination’s quest for authenticity. Harnessing the power of that chiasmus momentarily brackets or suspends external reality and transforms time into an internal “now” or “presence” where inward being is disclosed. Husserl’s meditative model of the epoché and Kant’s account of the sublime are levied upon to aid in explaining the achievement of this temporal transformation and the meaning of the resultant inward “now.”.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Shakespeare's Hamlet |
Subtitle of host publication | Philosophical Perspectives |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 130-153 |
Number of pages | 24 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780190698515 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780190698522 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Atemporality
- Chiasmus
- Epoché
- Husserl
- Kant
- Mirroring
- Now
- Self
- Spectatorship
- Theatricalization