{"product_id":"of-human-kindness-what-shakespeare-teaches-us-about-empathy-9780300256413","title":"Of Human Kindness: What Shakespeare Teaches Us about Empathy","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning scholar and teacher explores how Shakespeare's greatest characters were built on a \u003ci\u003elearned\u003c\/i\u003e sense of empathy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Thoughtful, astute, invitingly readable--and uncommonly timely. Especially now that so many younger readers are casting suspicious glances at Shakespeare, \u003ci\u003eOf Human Kindness\u003c\/i\u003e shows with mind-changing clarity why his work has never been more relevant to our common problems.\"--Terry Teachout, drama critic, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A warm and committed book, firmly rooted in long experience of the classroom.\"--Emma Smith, \u003ci\u003e Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While discussing Shakespeare's plays in her university classroom, Paula Marantz Cohen discovered that they unlocked a surprising sense of compassion in both herself and her students. In this short and illuminating book, she shows how Shakespeare's genius lay in his ability to arouse empathy, even when his characters exist in alien contexts and behave in reprehensible ways. Cohen takes her readers through a selection of Shakespeare's most famous plays, including \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e to demonstrate the ways in which Shakespeare thought deeply and clearly about how we treat \"the other.\" Cohen argues that only through \u003ci\u003eclose reading\u003c\/i\u003e of Shakespeare can we fully appreciate his empathetic responses to race, class, gender, and age. Wise, eloquent, and thoughtful, this book is a forceful argument for literature's power to champion what is best in us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paula Marantz Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300256413","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45486760722569,"sku":"9780300256413","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_931576cf-a8c4-4f1f-82b6-c78b35ecbf37.jpg?v=1775543276","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/of-human-kindness-what-shakespeare-teaches-us-about-empathy-9780300256413","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}