Citizen-Saints : Shakespeare and Political Theology /

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Turning to the potent idea of political theology to recover the strange mix of political and religious thinking during the Renaissance, this bracing study reveals in the works of Shakespeare and his sources the figure of the citizen-saint, who represents at once divine messenger and civil servant, b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lupton, Julia Reinhard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Temas:
Christian drama, English > History and criticism.
Christian saints in literature.
Citizenship in literature.
Political plays, English > History and criticism.
Political theology > History of doctrines > 16th century.
Political theology > History of doctrines > 17th century.
RELIGION / General.
shakespeare, citizen saint, antigone, paul, barabbas, othello, caliban, isabella, samson, death, martyrdom, politics, theology, religion, citizenship, state of emergency, sovereignty, sovereign, ruler, law, messiah, circumcision, judaism, assimilation, difference, race, conversion, naturalization, doctrine, saints, literature, british, classics, renaissance, jew, malta, marlowe, fellowship, belonging, tempest, creature, nonfiction.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A note on texts
  • Introduction
  • One. Citizen Paul
  • Two. Deformations of Fellowship in Marlowe's Jew of Malta
  • Three. Merchants of Venice, Circles of Citizenship
  • Four. Othello Circumcised
  • Five. Antigone in Vienna
  • Six. Creature Caliban
  • Seven. Samson Dagonistes
  • Epilogue: The Literature of Citizenship: A Humanifesto
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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