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

Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface A Note on Editions Used PART ONE: INTRODUCTION I. Time and the Elizabethans II. "From Tymes and Moments to Eternitie": the Medieval Tradition III. "Subject to Change and Unconquered": the Impact of New Philosophy PART TWO: THREE LATE ELIZABETHANS IV. "The Pillours of Eternity": Mutability in Spenser V. Sir Walter Ralegh and "the consuming disease of time" . VI. John Donne's Changing Attitude to Time PART THREE: SHAKESPEARE VII. "In Divers Paces with Divers Persons" - Time in Shakespeare's Early Works VIII. "The Rough Torrent of Occasion" - Mutability in Shakespeare's Political World IX. "Things in Motion" - The Time-Worlds of Troilus and Cressida and Antony and Cleopatra X. "Time will Venom Breed" - Time and Tragedy in Macbeth and Hamlet XI. "The Great Gods" - Time, Tragedy, and Providence in King Lear XII. "Both Joy and Terror " - Time and Providence in The Winter's Tale and The Tempest Conclusion Bibliographical Note Index of names By G. F. Waller. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [173]