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Zusatztext a most interesting modern study of Shakespeare Informationen zum Autor Beatrice Groves is the Junior Research Fellow in Humanities at Wolfson College, Oxford. Klappentext This book explores Shakespeare's engagement with the religious culture of his time. It unearths previously unrecognised allusions to the Bible and the liturgy as well as to the medieval mystery plays. It argues that we need to unravel the interpretative possibilities of these religious nuances in order to understand these ostensibly secular plays. Zusammenfassung This book explores Shakespeare's engagement with the religious culture of his time. It unearths previously unrecognised allusions to the Bible and the liturgy as well as to the medieval mystery plays. It argues that we need to unravel the interpretative possibilities of these religious nuances in order to understand these ostensibly secular plays. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Drama and the Word: The Bible on the early modern stage 2: Shakespeare's incarnational aesthetic: The mystery plays and Catholicism 3: Comedic form and paschal motif in the first and second quartos of Romeo and Juliet 4: 'I am not he shall buyld the Lord a house': Religious imagery and the succession to the English throne in King John 5: : 'Covering discretion with a coat of folly': The redemptive self-fashioning of Hal 6: 'Usurp the beggary he was never born to': Measure for Measure and the questioning of divine kingship Conclusion
