The Bible in Shakespeare

The Bible in Shakespeare

by Hamlin, Hannibal

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Hannibal Hamlin offers a significant new perspective on Shakespeare's plays, and reveals how the culture of early modern England was both dependent upon and fashioned out of a deep engagement with the interpreted Bible. The book's wide-ranging and interdisciplinary nature will interest scholars in a variety of fields: Shakespeare and English literature, allusion and intertextuality, theatre studies, history, religious culture and biblical interpretation.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The Bible in Shakespeare / Hannibal Hamlin.

Summary

Hannibal Hamlin offers a significant new perspective on Shakespeare's plays, and reveals how the culture of early modern England was both dependent upon and fashioned out of a deep engagement with the interpreted Bible. The book's wide-ranging and interdisciplinary nature will interest scholars in a variety of fields: Shakespeare and English literature, allusion and intertextuality, theatre studies, history, religious culture and biblical interpretation.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 ressource en ligne (1 volume) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780191665363, 0191665363
  • oclc:on1012432466
  • LC Classification:PR3012
  • Dewey Decimal:822.33

Table of Contents

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Editions and Abbreviations""; ""Note to the Reader""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I. SHAKESPEARE�S ALLUSIVE PRACTICE AND ITS CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND""; ""1. Reformation Biblical Culture""; ""2. A Critical History of the Bible in Shakespeare""; ""3. Allusion: Theory, History, and Shakespeare�s Practice""; ""PART II. BIBLICAL ALLUSION IN THE PLAYS""; ""4. Shakespeare�s Variations on Themes from Genesis 1�3""; ""5. Creative Anachronism: Biblical Allusion in the Roman Histories""

""6. Damnable Iteration: Falstaff, Master of Biblical Allusion""""7. The Great Doom�s Image: Macbeth and Apocalypse""; ""8. The Patience of Lear: King Lear and Job""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

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