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Shakespeare's religious language : a dictionary /
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 religio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Thoemmes Continuum,
2007.
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| Edición: | Pbk. ed. |
| Colección: | Athlone Shakespeare dictionary series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 455 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-440) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781847142214 1847142214 |