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1 online resource (xi, 317 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
This volume freshly illuminates the diversity of early modern religious beliefs, practices and issues, and their representation in Shakespeare's plays. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / David Loewenstein and Michael Witmore -- Part I: Revisiting religious contexts in Shakespeare's England. The debate about Shakespeare and religion / David Bevington ; Choosing sides and talking religion in Shakespeare's England / Peter Marshall ; Experiencing religion in London : diversity and choice in Shakespeare's metropolis / Felicity Heal -- Part II: Representing religious beliefs and diversity in the plays. Delusion in a Midsummer night's dream / Alison Shell ; The siege of Jerusalem and subversive rhetoric in King John / Beatrice Groves ; Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and the search for a usable (Christian?) past / Peter Lake ; Lucretius, Calvin, and natural law in Measure for Measure / Adrian Streete ; Agnostic Shakespeare? : the Godless world of King Lear / David Loewenstein ; "Another Golgotha" / Ewan Fernie ; Shakespeare and wisdom literature / Michael Witmore ; Awakening faith in The Winter's Tale / Richard McCoy ; Hamlet, Henry VIII, and the question of religion : a post-secular perspective / Paul Stevens ; Converting Henry : truth, history, and historical faith in Henry VIII / Michael Davies ; Shakespeare's non-Christian religions / Matthew Dimmock -- Afterword / Brian Cummings. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Religion.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Religion. |
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Religion and drama.
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Religion and drama. |
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Religious tolerance in literature.
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Religious tolerance in literature. |
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Cultural pluralism in literature.
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Cultural pluralism in literature. |
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Religion in literature.
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Religion in literature. |
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England -- Religion -- 16th century.
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England. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Subject |
England -- Religion -- 17th century.
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| Chronological Term |
17th century |
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1500-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Loewenstein, David, editor.
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Witmore, Michael, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shakespeare and early modern religion. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015 9781107026612 (DLC) 2014044212 (OCoLC)887855894 |
| ISBN |
9781316247372 (electronic book) |
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1316247376 (electronic book) |
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9781139208147 (electronic book) |
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1139208144 (electronic book) |
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9781316249277 |
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1316249271 |
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9781107026612 (hardback) |
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110702661X (hardback) |
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9781316251164 |
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1316251160 |
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