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1 online resource (291 pages) |
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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 |
| Summary |
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, both norm and exception. Embodied by such diverse personages as Antigone, Paul, Barabbas, Shylock, Othello, Caliban, Isabella, and Samson, the citizen-saint is a sacrificial figure: a model of moral and aesthetic extremity who inspires new regimes of citizenship with his or her death and martyrd |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Political and social views.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Religion.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Political theology -- History of doctrines -- 16th century
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Political theology -- History of doctrines -- 17th century
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Political plays, English -- History and criticism
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Christian drama, English -- History and criticism
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Christian saints in literature.
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Citizenship in literature.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Christian drama, English
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Christian saints in literature
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Citizenship in literature
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Political and social views
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Political plays, English
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Political theology -- History of doctrines
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Religion
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226157443 |
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022615744X |
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