Shakespeare and Early Modern Religion

ISBN-13: 9781108733663 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 329 str.

David Loewenstein; Michael Witmore

Opis

This collection of fourteen new essays freshly illuminates early modern religious beliefs and practices, and the ways in which Shakespeare engages with a diversity of religious issues and perspectives in his plays. Offering an interdisciplinary approach, the collection is of great interest to readers of history, Shakespeare studies, and religious studies.

Recenzje

'The editors' approach to their topic - their avoidance of polemic and generalization both - issues in all sorts of fascinating gems.' Peter Holbrook, Shakespeare Quarterly

Spis treści

Introduction David Loewenstein and Michael Witmore; Part I. Revisiting Religious Contexts in Shakespeare's England: 1. The debate about Shakespeare and religion David Bevington; 2. Choosing sides and talking religion in Shakespeare's England Peter Marshall; 3. Experiencing religion in London: diversity and choice in Shakespeare's metropolis Felicity Heal; Part II. Representing Religious Beliefs and Diversity in the Plays: 4. Delusion in A Midsummer Night's Dream Alison Shell; 5. The siege of Jerusalem and subversive rhetoric in King John Beatrice Groves; 6. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and the search for a usable (Christian?) past Peter Lake; 7. Lucretius, Calvin, and natural law in Measure for Measure Adrian Streete; 8. Agnostic Shakespeare?: the God-less world of King Lear David Loewenstein; 9. 'Another Golgotha' Ewan Fernie; 10. Shakespeare and wisdom literature Michael Witmore; 11. Awakening faith in The Winter's Tale Richard McCoy; 12. Hamlet, Henry VIII, and the question of religion: a post-secular perspective Paul Stevens; 13. Converting Henry: truth, history, and historical faith in Henry VIII Michael Davies; 14. Shakespeare's non-Christian religions Matthew Dimmock; Afterword Brian Cummings.