Shakespeare and Phenomenology - Theory and Practice

This book considers how Shakespeare's theatre investigates and reveals "Being-in-the-world". Through the lens of phenomenology, the study of how the world shows itself to conscious experience, Johnston examines how Shakespeare's texts and dramaturgy reveal aspects of Being.

List of contents

Introduction: The Empathy Drum
1 Being in the Atmosphere: Emotional Weather in Twelfth Night
2 Being out of Time: Temporality in Macbeth
3 Touching Palms with Being: Romeo and Juliet
4 Becoming Oneself: Authenticity and Selfhood in Richard III
5 Traumatic Being: Memory in The Tempest
Conclusion: Breathing Being

About the author

Daniel Johnston is the Head of School of Education at Excelsia College, Sydney, Australia and an Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney. He has taught at The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sheffield Hallam University, The University of Sydney, the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), and Macquarie University. He holds a PhD in Performance Studies (The University of Sydney) and MA (Cantab) in Philosophy (University of Cambridge).

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Johnston, Johnston Daniel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 19.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032720050
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3272005-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Routledge Studies in Shakespeare
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, DRAMA / Shakespeare, Literary studies: general, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays