03193cam a22004338i 4500 21312884 BJBSDDR 20240402133655.0 ta 191126s2021 nju b 001 0 eng 2019037256 9780691227696 0691227691 9780691201580 (ebook) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc LB 1590.3 N558h 2021 370.11/2 Newstok, Scott L., 1973- 34790 How to think like Shakespeare : lessons from a renaissance education / Scott Newstok. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021. xv, 185 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Of thinking -- Of ends -- Of craft -- Of fit -- Of place -- Of attention -- Of technology -- Of imitation -- Of exercise -- Of conversation -- Of stock -- Of constraint -- Of making -- Of freedom. "This book offers a short, spirited defense of rhetoric and the liberal arts as catalysts for precision, invention, and empathy in today's world. The author, a professor of Shakespeare studies at a liberal arts college and a parent of school-age children, argues that high-stakes testing and a culture of assessment have altered how and what students are taught, as courses across the arts, humanities, and sciences increasingly are set aside to make room for joyless, mechanical reading and math instruction. Students have been robbed of a complete education, their imaginations stunted by this myopic focus on bare literacy and numeracy. Education is about thinking, Newstok argues, rather than the mastery of a set of rigidly defined skills, and the seemingly rigid pedagogy of the English Renaissance produced some of the most compelling and influential examples of liberated thinking. Each of the fourteen chapters explores an essential element of Shakespeare's world and work, aligns it with the ideas of other thinkers and writers in modern times, and suggests opportunities for further reading. Chapters on craft, technology, attention, freedom, and related topics combine past and present ideas about education to build a case for the value of the past, the pleasure of thinking, and the limitations of modern educational practices and prejudices"-- Provided by publisher. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Crítica e interpretación. 991 Thought and thinking Study and teaching. Pensamiento Estudio y enseñanza 8235 Rhetoric, Renaissance. Retórica en el Renacimiento 35001 Online version: Newstok, Scott, 1973- How to think like Shakespeare 1st. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020] 9780691201580 (DLC) 2019037257 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 120855 120855 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2024-03-13 0 LB 1590.3 N558h 2021 00000175680 2024-03-13 00:00:00 1 2024-03-13 BK