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SHAKESPEARE AND VIRTUE This volume maps Shakespearean virtue in all its plasticity and variety, providing thirty-eight succinct, wide-ranging chapters that reveal a breadth and diversity exceeding any given morality or code of behavior. Clearly explaining key concepts in the history of ethics and in classical, theological, and global virtue traditions, the collection reveals their presence in the works of Shakespeare in interpersonal, civic, and ecological scenes of action. Paying close attention to indi- vidual identity and social environment, the chapters also consider how the virtuous horizons broached in Shakespearean drama have been tested anew by the plays’ global travels and fresh encounters with different traditions. Including sections on global wisdom, per- formance, and pedagogy, this handbook affirms virtue as a resource for humanistic education and the building of human capacity. Julia Reinhard Lupton is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California (UC), Irvine. She is the author or co- author of five books on Shakespeare, including Shakespeare Dwelling: Designs for the Theater of Life (2018), Thinking with Shakespeare: Essays on Politics and Life (2013), and Citizen-Saints: Shakespeare and Political Theology (2006). She is the co-director of the New Swan Shakespeare Center at UC, Irvine. Donovan Sherman is Associate Professor of English at Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. His most recent book is The Philosopher’s Toothache: Embodied Stoicism in Early Modern English Drama (2021). He is also the author of Second Death: Theatricalities of the Soul in Shakespeare’s Drama (2016) and co-author of the last two editions of the textbook Theatre Brief (2020 and 2023). Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press SH AK ESPEAR E AND V IRTUE A Handbook edited by JULIA REINHARD LUPTON University of California, Irvine DONOVAN SHERMAN Seton Hall University Published online by Cambridge University Press University Printing House, Cambridge cb2 8bs, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, ny 10006, usa 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, vic 3207, Australia 314–321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi – 110025, India 103 Penang Road, #05–06/07, Visioncrest Commercial, Singapore 238467 Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781108843409 doi: 10.1017/9781108918589 © Cambridge University Press 2023 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2023 A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Lupton, Julia Reinhard, 1963– editor. | Sherman, Donovan, editor. Title: Shakespeare and virtue / edited by Julia Reinhard Lupton, University of California, Irvine; Donovan Sherman, Seton Hall University, New Jersey. Description: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2022022786 | ISBN 9781108843409 (hardback) | ISBN 9781108918589 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 – Ethics. | Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 – Philosophy. | Virtue in literature. | Virtues in literature | Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 – Characters. | Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 – Dramatic production. | BISAC: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh | LCGFT: Literary criticism. | Essays. Classification: LCC PR3007 .S395 2023 | DDC 822.3/3–dc23/eng/20220712 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022022786 isbn 978-1-108-84340-9 Hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Published online by Cambridge University Press Contents List of Contributors page ix Acknowledgements xii Introduction 1 Julia Reinhard Lupton and Donovan Sherman Part I: Shakespeare and Virtue Ethics 1 Aretē (Excellence, Virtue) 21 Jeffrey S. Doty and Daniel Bloom 2 Dynamis (Dynamism, Capacity) and Energeia (Actuality) 28 Christopher Crosbie 3 Technē (Technical Expertise, Skill) 36 Jeffrey Gore 4 Eudaimonia (Happiness) 44 Katarzyna Lecky 5 Ethos 53 Joseph Turner 6 Hexis (Habit) 61 Kate Narveson 7 Stoicism 69 Donovan Sherman 8 Skepticism 81 James Kuzner 9 Askesis and Asceticism 88 Jennifer R. Rust v Published online by Cambridge University Press vi Contents 10 Shakespeare’s Moral Compass 98 Neema Parvini Part II: Shakespeare’s Virtues 11 The Four Cardinal Virtues: Caesar’s Mantle and Practical Wisdom 113 Kevin Curran 12 The Three Theological Virtues 125 Sarah Beckwith 13 Prudence: The Wisdom of “Hazarding All” in The Merchant of Venice 137 Kelly Lehtonen 14 Friendship 145 Sean Keilen 15 Patience 155 Nick Moschovakis 16 Care 164 Benjamin Parris 17 Hospitality 172 Joan Pong Linton 18 Respect 180 Sanford Budick 19 Chastity 188 Jennifer Flaherty 20 Wit 197 Indira Ghose 21 Service 204 Joseph Sterrett 22 Humility 212 Richard Wilson 23 Kindness 221 Paul Yachnin Published online by Cambridge University Press Contents vii 24 Stewardship and Resilience: The Environmental Virtues 230 Jessica Rosenberg 25 Cognitive Virtue and Global Ecosociability 244 Donald Wehrs 26 Trust: Don’t Ever Change 257 David Carroll Simon 27 Being “Free” as a Virtue 265 Richard Strier Part III: Shakespeare and Global Virtue Traditions 28 Shakespeare’s Rabbinic Virtues: A Listening Ear 279 Stephanie Shirilan 29 Islamic Virtues: Ethics in the Premodern Ottoman Empire 291 Yasin Basaran 30 Persian Virtues: Hospitality, Tolerance, and Peacebuilding in the Age of Shakespeare 300 Sheiba Kian Kaufman 31 Buddhist Virtues: Equanimity, Mindfulness, and Compassion in Hamlet 306 Unhae Park Langis 32 The Virtues in Black Theology 317 Vincent Lloyd 33 Virtue on Robben Island 325 David Schalkwyk 34 Globability: The Virtue of Worlding 334 Jane Hwang Degenhardt Part IV: Virtuous Performances 35 Dramaturgy: The Virtue/Virtuosity of Unfolding Hamlet’s Story 349 Freddie Rokem Published online by Cambridge University Press viii Contents 36 Performing Chastity: The Marina Project 360 Katharine A. Craik and Ewan Fernie 37 Villains in Prison, Villains on Stage: Is Shakespeare Really Salvific? 369 Mariacristina Cavecchi 38 Teaching Shakespeare and Moral Agency 378 Michael Bristol Works Cited 390 Index 409 Published online by Cambridge University Press Contributors Yasin Basaran is Assistant Professor of Philosophical and Religious Sciences at Marmara University. Sarah Beckwith is Katherine Everett Gilbert Professor of English at Duke University. Daniel Bloom is Associate Professor of Philosophy at West Texas A&M University. Michael Bristol is Greenshields Professor Emeritus at McGill University. Sanford Budick is Professor Emeritus at Hebrew University. Mariacristina Cavecchi is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Milan. Katharine A. Craik is Research Lead and Professor in Early Modern Literature at Oxford Brookes University. Christopher Crosbie is Associate Professor of English at North Carolina State University. Kevin Curran is Professor of English Literature at the University of Lausanne. Jane Hwang Degenhardt is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Jeffrey S. Doty is Associate Professor at the University of North Texas. Ewan Fernie is Chair of Shakespeare Studies and Fellow at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham. Jennifer Flaherty is Professor of English at Georgia College. ix Published online by Cambridge University Press
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