Shakespeare's religious language : a dictionary / R. Chris Hassel, Jr.

By:

Hassel, R. Chris (Rudolph Chris), 1939-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Athlone Shakespeare dictionary seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Thoemmes Continuum, 2007.Edition: Pbk. edDescription: 1 online resource (xxiv, 455 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781847142214
1847142214

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Shakespeare's religious language.DDC classification:

822.3/3 22

LOC classification:

PR2892 .H37 2007eb

Other classification:

18.05

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Contents:

List of Figures; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; A-Z; Primary Bibliography; Secondary Bibliography; Index of Shakespeare's Works; General Index

Summary: Religious issues and religious discourse were vastly important in the sixteenth and seventeenth century and religious language is key to an understanding of Shakespeare's plays and poems. This dictionary discusses just over 1000 words and names in Shakespeare's works that have some religious denotation or connotation. Its unique word-by-word approach allows equal consideration of the full religious nuance of each of these words, from 'abbess' to 'zeal'. It also gradually reveals the persistence, the variety, and the sophistication of Shakespeare's religious usage. . Frequent attention is giv.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-440) and indexes.

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List of Figures; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; A-Z; Primary Bibliography; Secondary Bibliography; Index of Shakespeare's Works; General Index

Religious issues and religious discourse were vastly important in the sixteenth and seventeenth century and religious language is key to an understanding of Shakespeare's plays and poems. This dictionary discusses just over 1000 words and names in Shakespeare's works that have some religious denotation or connotation. Its unique word-by-word approach allows equal consideration of the full religious nuance of each of these words, from 'abbess' to 'zeal'. It also gradually reveals the persistence, the variety, and the sophistication of Shakespeare's religious usage. . Frequent attention is giv.

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