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In Just Literature, Tzachi Zamir introduces the idea of 'Philosophical Criticism' as an innovative approach to interpreting literary texts. Offering an inventive twist on an established dynamic, this book is essential reading for any student or scholar of Literature or Philosophy.

As the first book in the Oxford Studies in Philosophy and Literature series, 'Shakespeare's Hamlet' provides an ideal inaugural subject~Tackles some of the most pressing questions posed by the play, with topics ranging over death, grief, subjectivity, self-knowledge, and self-theatricality~Collects the work of a wide range of preeminent scholars-philosophers and literary critics-with diverse viewpoints and methodological approaches

As the first book in the Oxford Studies in Philosophy and Literature series, 'Shakespeare's Hamlet' provides an ideal inaugural subject~Tackles some of the most pressing questions posed by the play, with topics ranging over death, grief, subjectivity, self-knowledge, and self-theatricality~Collects the work of a wide range of preeminent scholars-philosophers and literary critics-with diverse viewpoints and methodological approaches

The first book-length reading of Paradise Lost by a philosopher~Within the philosophy of literature, not only Milton's poem but the entire corpus of religious poetry/literature is almost never discussed. Ascent explains the reasons for this, offering a way by which the philosophy of literature can address this important body of work~Unique in charting ways by which Milton can meaningfully engage with contemporary philosophy~Argues that Milton'...

Why do people act? Why are other people drawn to watch them? How is acting as a performing art related to role-playing outside the theatre? As the first philosophical study devoted to acting, Acts: Theater, Philosophy, and the Performing Self sheds light on some of the more evasive aspects of the acting experience— such as the import of the actor's voice, the ethical unease sometimes felt while embodying particular sequences, and the meaning o...

Why do people act? Why are other people drawn to watch them? How is acting as a performing art related to role-playing outside the theatre? As the first philosophical study devoted to acting, Acts: Theater, Philosophy, and the Performing Self sheds light on some of the more evasive aspects of the acting experience— such as the import of the actor's voice, the ethical unease sometimes felt while embodying particular sequences, and the meaning o...

Hamlet tells Horatio that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in his philosophy. In Double Vision, philosopher and literary critic Tzachi Zamir argues that there are more things in Hamlet than are dreamt of--or at least conceded--by most philosophers. Making an original and persuasive case for the philosophical value of literature, Zamir suggests that certain important philosophical insights can be gained only through ...