Shakespeare and early modern religion / edited by David Loewenstein, Michael Witmore.

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9781316247372
1316247376
9781139208147
1139208144
9781316249277
1316249271

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Shakespeare and early modern religion.DDC classification:

822.3 822.3/3

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PR3011 .S31 2015

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LIT004120

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Contents:

Introduction / David Loewenstein and Michael Witmore -- Part I: Revisiting religious contexts in Shakespeare's England. The debate about Shakespeare and religion / David Bevington ; Choosing sides and talking religion in Shakespeare's England / Peter Marshall ; Experiencing religion in London : diversity and choice in Shakespeare's metropolis / Felicity Heal -- Part II: Representing religious beliefs and diversity in the plays. Delusion in a Midsummer night's dream / Alison Shell ; The siege of Jerusalem and subversive rhetoric in King John / Beatrice Groves ; Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and the search for a usable (Christian?) past / Peter Lake ; Lucretius, Calvin, and natural law in Measure for Measure / Adrian Streete ; Agnostic Shakespeare? : the Godless world of King Lear / David Loewenstein ; "Another Golgotha" / Ewan Fernie ; Shakespeare and wisdom literature / Michael Witmore ; Awakening faith in The Winter's Tale / Richard McCoy ; Hamlet, Henry VIII, and the question of religion : a post-secular perspective / Paul Stevens ; Converting Henry : truth, history, and historical faith in Henry VIII / Michael Davies ; Shakespeare's non-Christian religions / Matthew Dimmock -- Afterword / Brian Cummings.

Summary: This volume freshly illuminates the diversity of early modern religious beliefs, practices and issues, and their representation in Shakespeare's plays.

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This volume freshly illuminates the diversity of early modern religious beliefs, practices and issues, and their representation in Shakespeare's plays.