This collection of 15 essays by celebrated authors in Shakespeare studies and
in continental philosophy develops different aspects of the interface between
continental thinking and Shakespeare's plays. The authors draw from current
continental philosophy (e.g. Lacan, Foucault, Derrida) as well as from the 19th
century continental tradition (e.g. Hegel, Kierkegaard) and from the early roots
of continental tradition (e.g. Aristotle, Ibn Sina). The chapters address the span
of the tragedies, comedies and history plays in the light of thinkers as diverse
as Aristotle, Ibn Sina and Jean-Luc Marion, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer,
Schmitt, Arendt, Lacan, Levinas, Foucault and Derrida.