Life – The Play of Life on the Stage of the World in Fine Arts, Stage Play, and Literature (R.S. Thomas inside)

LIFE
THE PLAY OF LIFE ON THE STAGE OF THE WORLD
IN FINE ARTS, STAGE-PLAY, AND LITERATURE

ANALECTA HUSSERLIANA
THE YEARBOOK OF PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH
VOLUME LXXIII

Founder and Editor-in-ChieJ-

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ANNA-TERESA TYMIENIECKA

The World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning
Hanover, New Hampshire

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THE PLAY OF LIFE ON THE STAGE OF
THE WORLD IN FINE ARTS, STAGE-PLAY,
AND LITERATURE

Edited by

ANNA- TERESA TYMIENIECKA
The World Phenomenology Institute

Published under the auspices of
The World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning
A.-T. Tymieniecka, President

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THE THEME' All Life upon the Stage
ANNA-TERESA TYMIENIECKA 'Inaugural

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Study: The Spectacle

of Life upon the Stage of the World

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SECTION I
'Theatrum Mundi in the Theatre:
Shakespeare and Calder6n
MUALLA ERKILI