In The End of Satisfaction, Heather Hirschfeld recovers the historical specificity and the conceptual vigor of the term satisfaction during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Focusing on the term s significance as an organizing principle of Christian repentance, she examines the ways in which Shakespeare and his contemporaries dramatized the consequences of its re- or de-valuation in the process of Reformation doctrinal change. The Protestant theology of repentance, Hirschfeld suggests, underwrote a variety of theatrical plots to set things right in a world shorn of...
In The End of Satisfaction, Heather Hirschfeld recovers the historical specificity and the conceptual vigor of the term satisfaction durin...
The Oxford Handbook of Shakespearean Comedy features a wide range of essays by leading scholars on key aspects of Shakespeare's comedies with contributions on classical and medieval sources, the literary and theatrical environment of early modern London, as well as chapters on religion, animals, music, sexual desire, architecture, and race.
The Oxford Handbook of Shakespearean Comedy features a wide range of essays by leading scholars on key aspects of Shakespeare's comedies with contribu...
The third edition of Hamlet offers a completely new introduction to this rich, mysterious play. Supplemented by an updated reading list, extensive illustrations and helpful appendices, this edition features revised commentary notes explicitly designed for the student reader, offering the very best in contemporary criticism of this great tragedy.
The third edition of Hamlet offers a completely new introduction to this rich, mysterious play. Supplemented by an updated reading list, extensive ill...
