Godless Shakespeare

Informationen zum Autor Eric S. Mallin is Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is the author of Reading Shakespeare in the Movies: Non-Adaptations and Their Meaning (2019). Zusammenfassung Godless Shakespeare is the first book to discuss Shakespeare's plays from an atheist perspective. Although it is clear that Shakespeare engaged with and deployed much of his culture's broadly religious interests - his language is shot through with biblical quotations, priestly sermonizing and Christian imagery - Mallin argues that there is a profound absence of or hostility to God in his plays. Following Dante's three part structure for The Divine Comedy - Hell represents expressions of religious faith in Shakespeare's plays, Purgatory sets out more sceptical positions, and Heaven shows articulations of godlessness - Mallin traces a spiritual ascent from the unthinkingly devout to the atheistically spiritual. This polemical, vigorous account focuses on the moral and spiritual dilemmas of major characters, developing the often subtle transitions between belief, scepticism and atheism. Finally, Godless Shakespeare argues for the liberating potential of unbelief. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction HELL - Religious Faith Pericles: God's Bitch Hamlet: Hamlet's Dark Song Isabella: Replacement Theology Titus: Crackers PURGATORY- Skepticism Antonio: Conspicuously Failed Christ Figures Named Portia: The Profit Driven Life Katherina: Sun, Moon, Loss of Light Hamlet: Happy Suicide Leontes and audience: It is Required HEAVEN- Godlessness Aaron: Aaron Ascendant Macbeth: The Life to Come Bottom: Dreams of Sex and Death Cleopatra: Her Becomings References Index

Product details

• Authors: Eric S Mallin, Eric S. Mallin, Eric Scott Mallin, Mallin Eric S.
• Assisted by: Ewan Fernie (Editor), Simon Palfrey (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2007
• EAN: 9780826490414
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-9041-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Shakespeare Now!; Shakespeare Now!
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, RELIGION / Theology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Theology, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean