Stanley Cavell's American Dream: Shakespeare, Philosophy, and Hollywood Movies

by Stanley Cavell and Lawrence F. Rhu

This book explores Cavell's writings along converging lines of thought rather than in isolated categories. The author claims that, after Cavell's celebrated reading of King Lear turned into a nightmarish meditation on Vietnam, he found a more audible voice. Noting that Cavell's keen ear for the expressive power of ordinary language makes him both a first-rate literary artist and a compelling philosopher of the everyday, he catches what holds Cavell's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823225968
• ISBN13: 9780823225965
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"