Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Reformation - Literary Negotiation of Religious Difference

Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Reformation explores how Shakespeare responded in drama to the historical trauma of the Elizabethan Reformation. Shakespeare creatively engaged Catholic, Protestant, and secular points of view, and suggested new and interesting syntheses in play after play, thus providing models for today’s ecumenical dialogues.

List of contents

Frontispiece
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: First Explorations in History and Comedy; Henry VI to Love's Labour's Lost
Chapter One: The Chronicle Plays: An Overview
Chapter Two: The First Tetralogy (1590-96)
Chapter Three: Shakespeare's Early Comedies
Chapter Four: Shakespeare's Narrative Poems
Interlude: Shakespeare and Dialogue
Part II: Mid-Elizabethan Accomplishments: King John to Henry V
Chapter Five: Shakespeare and the Mid-Elizabethan Nineties
Chapter Six: The Second Tetralogy (1595-1599)
Part III: Climax of the Elizabethan Decade: Much Ado About Nothing to Hamlet
Chapter Seven: The High Comedies of the Late 1590's
Chapter Eight: Hamlet (late 1588, 1575-89, revised 1602-3, 1599-1604)
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Dennis Taylor is professor emeritus of English and former chair of the English Department at Boston College.

Product details

• Authors: Dennis Taylor, Taylor Dennis
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2024
• EAN: 9781666902105
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-210-5
• No. of pages: 494
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights