The Philosopher's Toothache: Embodied Stoicism in Early Modern English Drama

by Donovan Sherman

Book Overview

The Philosopher's Toothache proposes that early modern Stoicism constituted a radical mode of performance. Stoicism--with its focus on bodily sensation, imagined spectatorship, and daily mental and physical exercise--exists as what the philosopher Pierre Hadot calls a "way of life," a set of habits and practices. To be a Stoic is not to espouse doctrine but to act.

Informed by work in both classical philosophy and performance studies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081014414X
• ISBN13: 9780810144149
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"