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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Religion
Contributor(s): Hamlin, Hannibal (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1316624234     ISBN-13: 9781316624234
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $24.69  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2019
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Drama | Shakespeare
Dewey: 822.33
LCCN: 2018048895
Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 9.7" W x 9.1" L (1.00 lbs) 324 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product
Review Citations: Choice 10/01/2019
 
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Publisher Description:
Nothing in Shakespeare's England was as important as religion. Questions of faith informed everything from history and politics to love and family, work and play, good and evil, suffering and sacrifice, and ultimately life and death. Every one of Shakespeare's plays is rich in allusions to the Bible, church rites including baptism, communion, marriage, and burial, and a host of religious beliefs. This Companion provides an essential grounding in early modern religious history and culture and the ideas that Shakespeare returns to throughout his career. Chapters dedicated to close-readings of individual plays or groups of plays span both the complex and variegated Christian beliefs explored in Shakespeare's work, as well as the treatment of Judaism, Islam and classical paganism. Authored by an international team of eminent scholars and featuring an Afterword by Rowan Williams, this Companion is the most comprehensive and incisive guide to the topic that students will find.

Contributor Bio(s): Hamlin, Hannibal: - Hannibal Hamlin is Professor of English at the Ohio State University. He is the author of The Bible in Shakespeare (2013) and Psalm Culture and Early Modern English Literature (Cambridge, 2004); and co-editor of The King James Bible after Four Hundred Years: Literary, Linguistic, and Cultural Influences (Cambridge, 2010); and The Sidney Psalter: The Psalms of Philip and Mary Sidney (2009).
 
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