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Author Woods, Gillian, 1979-

Title Shakespeare's unreformed fictions / Gillian Woods
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 239 pages)
Series Oxford English monographs
Oxford English monographs.
Contents ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Editions Used""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Incorporating the Past in 1 Henry VI""; ""2. Converting Names in Love�s Labour�s Lost""; ""3. Seeming Difference in Measure for Measure and All�s Well that Ends Well""; ""4. Affecting Possession in King Lear""; ""5. Knowing Fiction in The Winter�s Tale""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Summary Gillian Woods asks why Catholicism had such an imaginative hold on Shakespearean drama, even though the on-going Reformation outlawed its practice. Concentrating on dramatic impact, and integrating literary analysis with fresh historical research the book offers a new and engaging answer to this important question
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Religion.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Spiritualistic interpretations.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Symbolism.
SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast
Subject Catholic Church -- In literature.
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Subject DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
Literature
Religion
Spiritualistic interpretations
Symbolism
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191650970
0191650978