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9781587318603
One of the foremost literary critics turns to the major figure in English literature and proposes a dramatic new reading of nearly all his plays and poems, involving a novel interpretation of "mimesis." For Girard, people desire objects not for their intrinsic value but because they are desired by someone else; we mime or imitate their desires. Thus envy, or "mimetic desire," drives the human condition.Girard, René is the author of 'Theater of Envy William Shakespeare' with ISBN 9781587318603 and ISBN 1587318601.
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