Religion Around Shakespeare (Religion Around)

By: Peter Iver Kaufman

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Synopsis: For years scholars and others have been trying to out Shakespeare as an ardent Calvinist, a crypto-Catholic, a Puritan-baiter, a secularist, or a devotee of some hybrid faith. In Religion Around Shakespeare, Peter Kaufman sets aside such speculation in favor of considering the historical and religious context surrounding his work. Employing extensive archival research, he aims to assist literary historians who probe the religious discourses, characters, and events that seem to have found places in Shakespeare’s plays and to aid general readers or playgoers developing an interest in the plays’ and playwright’s religious contexts: Catholic, conformist, and reformist. Kaufman argues that sermons preached around Shakespeare and conflicts that left their marks on literature, law, municipal chronicles, and vestry minutes enlivened the world in which (and with which) he worked and can enrich our understanding of the playwright and his plays.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 264 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780271069586
Publisher:: Penn State University Press
Date of Addition:: 06/26/23
Copyrighted By:: The Pennsylvania State University
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.