Shakespeare: Becoming Human by Steiner, Rudolf

Shakespeare: Becoming Human

"Like so much of Renaissance art, Shakespeare's work bears an open secret. The esoteric spiritual content is...
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Author: Rudolf Steiner
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Shakespeare: Becoming Human by Steiner, Rudolf

Shakespeare: Becoming Human

Dhs. 99.99

Shakespeare: Becoming Human

Dhs. 99.99
Author: Rudolf Steiner
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"Like so much of Renaissance art, Shakespeare's work bears an open secret. The esoteric spiritual content is undisguised, though it may be unexpected and not always immediately recognized. Like all the great artistic achievements, this work remains incomplete until we recognize and respond to its open invitation that we become active participants" (from the introduction).

Shakespeare's core themes explore the challenges of the human condition while celebrating the human potential to achieve and develop in earthly life. But what is it that enables Shakespeare's characters to live and breathe beyond the confines of their written roles some 400 years after the plays were first performed?

In these lectures, edited by and with an extensive introduction by Andrew Wolpert, Rudolf Steiner sheds new light on the Bard's work, describing the on-going life that flows from it and the profound spiritual origins of Shakespeare's inspirations. He shows how Shakespeare can enliven us in our longing for contemporary ideals and truths and in our goal of becoming fully human. By engaging with the plays, not just as actors and directors, but also as students and members of an audience, we can become a co-creative participants in the redemptive potential of Shakespeare's enduring legacy.

Steiner speaks of Shakespeare in connection with the evolution of poetry and drama and the transitions between cultural epochs. He recalls the sources and characteristics of classical Greek drama, as well as Aristotle's definition of drama as catharsis, pointing to Shakespeare's connection to and development of those cultural and historical wellsprings.



Author: Rudolf Steiner
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press
Published: 05/31/2016
Pages: 94
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.20w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781855845244

About the Author
Steiner, Rudolf: - Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe's scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. The influence of Steiner's multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, various therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs, threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.

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