Texts and Traditions : Religion in Shakespeare 1592 - 1604.
Title:
Texts and Traditions : Religion in Shakespeare 1592 - 1604.
Author:
Groves, Beatrice.
ISBN:
9780191514142
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (244 pages)
Series:
Oxford English Monographs
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Drama and the Word: The Bible on the Early Modern Stage -- 2. Shakespeare's Incarnational Aesthetic: The Mystery Plays and Catholicism -- 3. Comedic Form and Paschal Motif in the First and Second Quartos of Romeo and Juliet -- 4. 'I am not he shall buyld the Lord a house': Religious Imagery and the Succession to the English Throne in King John -- 5. 'Covering discretion with a coat of folly': The Redemptive Self-Fashioning of Hal -- 6. 'Usurp the beggary he was never born to': Measure for Measure and the Questioning of Divine Kingship -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
This book explores Shakespeare's engagement with the religious culture of his time. It unearths previously unrecognised allusions to the Bible and the liturgy as well as to the medieval mystery plays. It argues that we need to unravel the interpretative possibilities of these religious nuances in order to understand these ostensibly secular plays.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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