Shakespeare and Early Modern Religion (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107026612)

Written by an international team of literary scholars and historians, this collaborative volume illuminates the diversity of early modern religious beliefs and practices in Shakespeare's England, and considers how religious culture is imaginatively reanimated in Shakespeare's plays. Fourteen new essays explore the creative ways Shakespeare engaged with the multifaceted dimensions of Protestantism, Catholicism, non-Christian religions including Judaism and Islam, and secular perspectives, considering plays such as Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King John, King Lear, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Winter's Tale. The collection is of great interest to readers of Shakespeare studies, early modern literature, religious studies, and early modern history.

Author: David Loewenstein
ISBN-10: 110702661X
ISBN-13: 9781107026612
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/22/2015
Pages: 330
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2015 pg. 1658