TY - JOUR
AU - Petersheim, Steven
AB -  I Am a Man": Shakespeare's Ferdinand as Renaissance Man in Training '~s Steven Petersheim erdinand has received scant attention in recent considerations of The Tempest (1611). Most critics, seeing nothing promising in him, neglect Ferdinand as so much debris thrown up on the shore of Prospero's island. When measured in the light of Renaissance ideals, however, Ferdinand takes on greater significance-a significance that Ferdinand himself alludes to when he resists Prospero's accusations of spying with his assertion: "No, as I am a man!" (1.2.457). With this protest, Ferdinand avows himself to be a Renaissance man, an avowal he demonstrates in words, intellect, and deeds. Throughout The Tempest, Shakespeare depicts Ferdinand as undergoing a training regimen that further develops him as a man through his obedience to Prospero's strict imperatives and Miranda's less abrasive guidance. While numerous critics have noted the political currents of The Tempest, they have largely ignored its exploration of the type of training in masculinity appropriate to a young prince. I In Ferdinand, Shakespeare presents an alternative to traditional models of aristocratic masculinity codified in Baldassare Castiglione's II libro del cortegiano (1528). Shakespeare's alternative model emphasizes the value of training in masculinity within a simultaneously 
TI - "As I Am a Man": Shakespeare's Ferdinand as Renaissance Man in Training
JF - Explorations in Renaissance Culture
DO - 10.1163/23526963-90000427
DA - 2012-12-02
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/brill/as-i-am-a-man-shakespeare-s-ferdinand-as-renaissance-man-in-training-LonK6bMa27
SP - 77
EP - 94
VL - 38
IS - 1-2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -