{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-loss-the-late-great-tragedies-paperback","title":"Shakespeare and Loss: The Late, Great Tragedies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Beckwith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Loss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores how, in Shakespeare's late tragedies (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimon of Athens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoriolanus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e), some of the most fundamental forms of understanding and life that bind human communities together--grieving; loving; giving; acting and doing; speaking and being human; marrying, conversing, and judging--can become dangerously, even lethally obscure.\u003c\/b\u003e These losses, Sarah Beckwith contends, shape the form, plot, and preoccupations that the late tragedies take and define them as a group, which she terms \"tragedies of exile.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unprecedented and searing run of tragedies written between 1601 and 1608 features protagonists who are driven out (or drive themselves out) of family and society, finding themselves banished (or seeking exile) to the edgelands of civilization. Using philosophical insights from Ludwig Wittgenstein and Stanley Cavell, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Loss\u003c\/i\u003e shows that the exile of these protagonists is ultimately linguistic. They are exiled from sense and intelligibility, stripping from them vital concepts of human bonding--loving, grieving, giving--that they realize are precious only when it is too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Beckwith is the Katherine Everett Gilbert Distinguished Professor of English at Duke University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eChrist's Body\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSignifying God\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and the Grammar of Forgiveness\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53335528210797,"sku":"9781501784491","price":64.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/IB7yOCnsUC9781501784491.webp?v=1778897217","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-loss-the-late-great-tragedies-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}