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Introduction
Time—analysisversussynthesis
Thisbookpicksupon,butalsotakesofffrom,anearlierattemptto
confront“thesame”subject.Somejustificationmayreasonablybeex-
pectedofthepresumptionthatyetanotherbookontimeinShakespeare
makessenseanditsperusalworththewhile.Thesimpledistinctionthat
Iwouldliketouseisthatbetweenanalyticandsynthetictypesofap-
proach.TheDramaticPotentialofTimeinShakespearewaslargelyanana-
lyticeffortinthatemphasiswasfirmlylaiduponthemanyanddifferent
waysofunderstanding“time.”Thisbookoffersachangeofperspective.
Letmeexplainhowthisdifferenceworkswhenappliedtothematterin
hand.
Ananalystwillinsistondistinctions.Heorshewillapproachtimein
dramabyintroducing,fine-tuning,andtheninterpretativelyorotherwise
employingagreatdealof“aspects”and“terms.”Philosophers,scientists,
butalsoliteraryscholarshavebeenuniquelyprolificwhenitcomestothe
timeproblem.Hereisanoverviewofsomeofthebasicideas.1
1.Thedifferentphilosophiesoftime;differentphilosophicalideas
(conceptualisations)oftime.
Acommondistinctionisthatbetweenphysicaltimeor,moregener-
ally,worldtime,ontheonehand,andmentaltimeorsoultime,onthe
other.WhiletheformerisassociatedwithAristotleandNewton,thelat-
terwithAugustineandBergson.Manywillthinksuchbundlingoffor
pairing,ofAristotlewithNewtonandofAugustinewithBergson,tobe
agrosssimplification,andrightlyso.“Nature”inAristotleandinNew-
1SeeJacekMydla,TheDramaticPotentialofTimeinShakespeare(Katowice:Wy-
dawnictwoUniwersytetuŚląskiego,2002),Introduction.
