Of Human Kindness: What Shakespeare Teaches Us about Empathy

by Paula Marantz Cohen

Book Overview

An award-winning scholar and teacher explores how Shakespeare's greatest characters were built on a learned sense of empathy

"Thoughtful, astute, invitingly readable--and uncommonly timely. Especially now that so many younger readers are casting suspicious glances at Shakespeare, Of Human Kindness shows with mind-changing clarity why his work has never been more relevant to our common problems."--Terry Teachout, drama...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300256418
• ISBN13: 9780300256413
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"