“Within the book and volume of my brain”: Reflections on the Eudaimonic Value of the (Shakespearean) Text

This volume reconsiders Shakespeare’s narrative sources through the lens of the Positive Humanities, proposing a renewed understanding of literary study as a practice oriented toward human flourishing. Developed within the framework of the SENS ( Shakespeare’s Narrative Sources: Italian Novellas and Their European Dissemination ) project, the book brings together philosophical reflection, source…