Shakespeare, Catholicism, and Romance

This book assesses William Shakespeare in the context of political and religious crisis, paying particular attention to his Catholic connections, which have heretofore been underplayed by much Protestant interpretation. Bourgeois Richmond''s most important contribution is to study the genre of romance in its guise as a ''cover'' for recusant Catholicism, drawing on a long tradition of medieval-religious plays devoted to the propagation of Catholic religious faith.>

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• Authors: Velma Richmond, Velma Bourg Richmond, Velma Bourgeois Richmond, Velma Bourgeois (Holy Names College Richmond, Richmond Velma Bourg
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.12.2015
• EAN: 9781474247481
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-4748-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Shakespeare: Bloomsbury Academ; Shakespeare: Bloomsbury Academic Collections; Shakespeare: Bloomsbury Academic Collections; Shakespeare: Bloomsbury Academ; Bloomsbury 3PL
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works