| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 304 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction. Popular hermeneutics in Shakespeare's London / Thomas Fulton, Kristen Poole -- The Bible in transition in the age of Shakespeare : a European perspective / Bruce Gordon -- The trouble with translation : paratexts and England's bestselling New Testament / Aaron T. Pratt -- John 6, Measure for Measure, and the complexities of the literal sense / Jay Zysk -- Words of diverse significations : Hamlet's puns, amphibology, and allegorical hermeneutics / Kristen Poole -- England's Jerusalem in Shakespeare's Henriad / Beatrice Groves -- Discontented harmonies : words against words in Pomfret Castle / Tom Bishop -- Titus Andronicus and the rhetoric of Lamentation / Adrian Streete -- The Acts of Pericles : Shakespeare's biblical romance / Hannibal Hamlin -- Finding Pygmalion in the Bible : classical and biblical allusion in The Winters Tale / Richard Strier -- Shylock in the lion's den : enacting exegesis in The Merchant of Venice / Shaina Trapedo -- Maimed rites and whirling words in Hamlet / Jesse M. Lander -- Political theology from the pulpit and the stage : Sir Thomas More, Richard II, and Henry V / Thomas Fulton -- Afterword. Shakespeare's biblical virtues / Julia Reinhard Lupton |
| Summary |
The Bible was everywhere in Shakespeare's England. Through sermons, catechisms, treatises, artwork, literature and, of course, biblical reading itself, the stories and language of the Bible pervaded popular and elite culture. In recent years, scholars have demonstrated how thoroughly biblical allusions saturate Shakespearean plays. But Shakespeare's audiences were not simply well versed in the Bible's content - they were also steeped in the practices and methods of biblical interpretation. Reformation and counter-reformation debate focused not just on the biblical text, but - crucially - on how to read the text. The Bible on the Shakespearean Stage is the first volume to integrate the study of Shakespeare's plays with the vital history of Reformation practices of biblical interpretation. Bringing together the foremost international scholars in the field of 'Shakespeare and the Bible', these essays explore Shakespeare's engagement with scriptural interpretation in the tragedies, histories, comedies, and romances |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Bible
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Religion.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Bible -- In literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013818
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Bible fast |
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Christianity and literature -- England -- 16th century
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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Christianity and literature
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Literature
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Religion
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Theater
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England
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fulton, Thomas (Thomas Chandler), editor.
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Poole, Kristen, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781108151887 |
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9781108558907 |
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1108151884 |
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1108558909 |
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1108624421 |
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9781108624428 |
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