Shakespeare's global philosophy : exploring Shakespeare's nature-based philosophy in his sonnets, plays and Globe / Roger Peters.

Includes index.

Mapping the 1609 sonnets : taking nature to the sonnets -- Penetrating Q -- Further structuring in the set -- Truth and beauty and the sonnet writer -- Counting sonnets -- The Mistress explains beauty and truth -- 'Truth and beauty' mirrors 'beauty' and 'truth' -- Looking further into the male sequence -- The Master Mistress learns about reason and art -- The swearing and forswearing of mind-based conventions -- Insults to intelligence -- The utility of the sonnet logic -- Nature's audit -- Sexual life : erotic souls -- From the cryptic dedication to logical mapping -- The European theatre : taking the sonnets to the plays -- Turning to the 1623 Folio -- Given nature in the plays -- How the plays regard the female/male dynamic -- Begetting increase in the plays and poems -- The cunning pen -- Thinking feelings and feeling thoughts -- From the sexual dynamic of life to myths of dyin[g] -- Shakespearean irony -- Immature and mature love in the plays -- The wooden Globe : taking the plays to the world -- A devious debut and fiery finale -- Re-discovering nature's globe -- Global strategies -- Beyond the Wooden O -- Mr Shakespeare... -- Facsimile of the 1609 sonnets.

"Shakespeare's global philosophy demonstrates systematically how Shakespeare deliberately structures his Sonnets of 1609 with the nature-based philosophy behind all his plays fully aware of their relevance for a burgeoning global consciousness. Part 1 examines step by step the 154 sonnets to reveal the consistent and comprehensive nature-based philosophy Shakespeare embeds in their unique combination of poetry and argument to present our birthright natural logic. Part 2 analyses Shakespeare's Folio of thirty-six plays and his four longer poems to show they can only be understood from the vantage of the Sonnet philosophy. Part 3 relates the naming of the Globe Theatre in 1599 to the nature-based philosophy of the Sonnets and its basis for the plays presented on its stage."--Publisher's website.