Will to Believe - Shakespeare and Religion

Zusatztext Aimed especially at an undergraduate audience, Kastan combines deep historical learning, careful close reading, and a fast-paced prose style. The book also contains a steady stream of critical wisdom that I think scholars at any level could benefit from. Informationen zum Autor David Scott Kastan is the George M. Bodman Professor of English at Yale University. Among his books are Shakespeare and the Shapes of Time (1982), Shakespeare after Theory (1999), and Shakespeare and the Book (2001). He has produced important scholarly editions of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part One, Milton's Paradise Lost, and Marlowe's Dr. Faustus; and he edited the five-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature (2006). He currently serves as one of the general editors of the Arden Shakespeare. Klappentext A Will to Believe is a revised version of Kastan's 2008 Oxford Wells Shakespeare Lectures, providing a provocative account of the ways in which religion animates Shakespeare's plays. Zusammenfassung A Will to Believe is a revised version of Kastan's 2008 Oxford Wells Shakespeare Lectures, providing a provocative account of the ways in which religion animates Shakespeare's plays. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: A Will to Believe 2: Shakespeare's Religion 3: All Roads Lead to Rome 4: Conversion and Cosmopolitanism 5: Forgetting Hamlet

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• Authors: David Scott Kastan, David Scott (George M. Bodman Professor of Kastan, David Scott (George M. Bodman Professor of English Kastan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.06.2016
• EAN: 9780198744696
• ISBN: 978-0-19-874469-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Oxford Wells Shakespeare Lectures
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; England, European History, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean