Texts and traditions : religion in Shakespeare, 1592-1604 /

Explores Shakespeare's engagement with the religious culture of his time. Through readings of a number of plays - "Romeo and Juliet", "King John", "1 Henry IV", "Henry V", and "Measure for Measure", this work explains allusions to the Bible, the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Groves, Beatrice, 1978-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2007.
Collection:Oxford English monographs.
Sujets:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Religion.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William.
Catholic Church > In literature.
Catholic Church
Bible > In literature.
Bible
1500-1599
Christianity and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Christian drama, English > History and criticism.
Catholics > England > History > 16th century.
Religion in literature.
Christianisme et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Religion dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
Catholics
Christian drama, English
Christianity and literature
Literature
Religion
Religion in literature
England > Church history > 16th century.
Angleterre > Histoire religieuse > 16e siècle.
England
Church history
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Drama and the word : the Bible on the early modern stage
  • Shakespeare's incarnational aesthetic : the mystery plays and Catholicism
  • Comedic form and Paschal motif in the first and second quartos of Romeo and Juliet
  • "I am not he shall buyld the Lord a house" : religious imagery and the succession to the English throne in King John
  • "Covering discretion with a coat of folly" : the redemptive self-fashioning of Hal
  • "Usurp the beggary he was never born to" : Measure for measure and the questioning of divine kingship.

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