TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morris,Ivor
TI  - Shakespeare's God: the role of religion in the tragedies 
T2  - Routledge library editions. Shakespeare
SN  - 9781135032586
AV  - PR2983 
U1  - 822.3/3 23
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Shakespeare, William,
KW  - Christianity and literature
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - 16th century
KW  - Christian drama, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Tragedy
KW  - Christianisme et littérature
KW  - Angleterre
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 16e siècle
KW  - Tragédie
KW  - tragedies
KW  - aat
KW  - DRAMA
KW  - Shakespeare
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - fast
KW  - Religion
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 15, 2013); Ist paperback edition of 2005 reprint New York : Routledge; "First published in 1972; Reprinted in 2005 and First issued in paperback 2010."; Cover; SHAKESPEARE'S GOD; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; (a) Truth from confusion; (b) Joy in sorrow; (c) Greatness in failure; (d) Mighty opposites; (e) Reality in transience; List of Abbreviations; SECTION I THE THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES: A CONSIDERATION OF THE LITERARY PROBLEMS; 1. The 'religious concept' in interpretation; 2. Tragedy's secular appeal; 3. The role of the experiencing mind; 4. Poetic creation and conceptual thinking; 5. The search for common ground; SECTION II THE HUMAN CONDITION: THEOLOGY'S ASSESSMENT OF THE MEDIUM OF TRAGEDY6. Man as a creature; 7. The created universe; 8. The human will; 9. The human intellect; 10. The grace of God; 11. The justice of God; 12. The tragedy of man; 13. The uses of adversity; SECTION III THE TRAGIC PHENOMENON: LITERARY TRAGEDY AS THE SECULAR ENACTMENT OF THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE; 14. The tragic necessity; 15. The tragic paradoxes:; 16. The tragic flaw; 17. The tragic dread; 18. The tragic destiny; 19. The tragic constraining; SECTION IV A THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF SHAKESPEARIAN TRAGEDY: THE HEROIC PREDICAMENT AS THE OPERATION OF THE APOSTATE WILL BENEATH PROVIDENTIAL ORDINANCE20. Introductory; 21. Macbeth; 22. Othello; 23. King Lear; 24. Hamlet; CONCLUSION; Appendices:; A. Historical process and theological consistency; B. The interpretation of tragedy through character; C. The interpretation of tragedy through poetic imagery; List of Books and Articles Used; Index
N2  - First published in 1972. Shakespeare's God investigates whether a religious interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedies is possible. The study places Christianity's commentary on the human condition side by side with what tragedy reveals about it. This pattern is identified using the writings of Christian thinkers from Augustine to the present day. The pattern in the chief phenomena of literary tragedy is also traced
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