Touching On The Work Of Philosophers Including Richardson, Kant, Hume, Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, And Dewey, This Study Examines The History Of What Philosophers Have Had To Say About Shakespeare As A Subject Of Philosophy, From The Seventeenth-century To The Present. Stewart's Volume Will Be Of Interest To Shakespeareans, Literary Critics, And Philosophers. (barnes & Noble) Philosophy's Shakespeare : Defining Terms -- Philosophy's Shakespeare : Breaking The Silence -- Hume's Shakespeare -- Shakespeare And Subjectivity : Kierkegaard And Nietzsche -- Pragmatism's Shakespeare -- Shakespeare And The Limits Of Wittgenstein's World -- Shakespeare And The Litrification Of Philosophy -- Appendix : The Evolution Of Richardson's Philosophical Analysis. Stanley Stewart. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [207]-214) And Index.