Hamlet, Protestantism, and the Mourning of Contingency

Hamlet, Protestantism, and the Mourning of Contingency
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9781317124023
ISBN-13 : 1317124022
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Hamlet, Protestantism, and the Mourning of Contingency by : John E. Curran Jr

Building on current scholarly interest in the religious dimensions of the play, this study shows how Shakespeare uses Hamlet to comment on the Calvinistic Protestantism predominant around 1600. By considering the play's inner workings against the religious ideas of its time, John Curran explores how Shakespeare portrays in this work a completely deterministic universe in the Calvinist mode, and, Curran argues, exposes the disturbing aspects of Calvinism. By rendering a Catholic Prince Hamlet caught in a Protestant world which consistently denies him his aspirations for a noble life, Shakespeare is able in this play, his most theologically engaged, to delineate the differences between the two belief systems, but also to demonstrate the consequences of replacing the old religion so completely with the new.

Hamlet, Protestantism, and the Mourning of Contingency

Hamlet, Protestantism, and the Mourning of Contingency
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9781317124030
ISBN-13 : 1317124030
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Hamlet, Protestantism, and the Mourning of Contingency by : John E. Curran Jr

Building on current scholarly interest in the religious dimensions of the play, this study shows how Shakespeare uses Hamlet to comment on the Calvinistic Protestantism predominant around 1600. By considering the play's inner workings against the religious ideas of its time, John Curran explores how Shakespeare portrays in this work a completely deterministic universe in the Calvinist mode, and, Curran argues, exposes the disturbing aspects of Calvinism. By rendering a Catholic Prince Hamlet caught in a Protestant world which consistently denies him his aspirations for a noble life, Shakespeare is able in this play, his most theologically engaged, to delineate the differences between the two belief systems, but also to demonstrate the consequences of replacing the old religion so completely with the new.

Hamlet

Hamlet
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Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Total Pages : 462
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ISBN-10 : 9781438112503
ISBN-13 : 1438112505
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Hamlet by : Harold Bloom

In Shakespeare's powerful drama of destiny and revenge, "Hamlet", the troubled prince of Denmark, must overcome his own self-doubt and avenge the murder of his father. Contains a selection of the finest criticism through the centuries on "Hamlet", as well as a biography on Shakespeare.

Shakespeare the Illusionist

Shakespeare the Illusionist
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Publisher : Ohio University Press
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 9780821446478
ISBN-13 : 0821446479
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Shakespeare the Illusionist by : Neil Forsyth

In Shakespeare the Illusionist, Neil Forsyth reviews the history of Shakespeare’s plays on film, using the basic distinction in film tradition between what is owed to Méliès and what to the Lumière brothers. He then tightens his focus on those plays that include some explicit magical or supernatural elements—Puck and the fairies, ghosts and witches, or Prospero’s island, for example—and sets out methodically, but with an easy touch, to review all the films that have adapted those comedies and dramas, into the present day. Forsyth’s aim is not to offer yet another answer as to whether Shakespeare would have written for the screen if he were alive today, but rather to assess what various filmmakers and TV directors have in fact made of the spells, haunts, and apparitions in his plays. From analyzing early camera tricks to assessing contemporary handling of the supernatural, Forsyth reads Shakespeare films for how they use the techniques of moviemaking to address questions of illusion and dramatic influence. In doing so, he presents a bold step forward in Shakespeare and film studies, and his fresh take is presented in lively, accessible language that makes the book ideal for classroom use.

Dante, Eschatology, and the Christian Tradition

Dante, Eschatology, and the Christian Tradition
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 348
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ISBN-10 : 9781501516870
ISBN-13 : 1501516876
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Dante, Eschatology, and the Christian Tradition by : Lydia Yaitsky Kertz

Dante, Eschatology, and the Christian Tradition honors Ronald B. Herzman, SUNY Geneseo Distinguished Teaching Professor of English. Over more than fifty years Professor Herzman has been a major force in the promotion of medieval studies within academe and public humanities. This volume of essays by his colleagues, students, and friends celebrates Professor Herzman’s outstanding career and reflects the wide range of his scholarly and pedagogical influence, from biblical and early Christian topics to Dante, Langland, and Shakespeare.

Shakespeare and Religious Change

Shakespeare and Religious Change
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780230240858
ISBN-13 : 0230240852
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Shakespeare and Religious Change by : K. Graham

This balanced and innovative collection explores the relationship of Shakespeare's plays to the changing face of early modern religion, considering the connections between Shakespeare's theatre and the religious past, the religious identities of the present and the deep cultural changes that would shape the future of religion in the modern world.

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

William Shakespeare's Hamlet
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Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Total Pages : 221
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ISBN-10 : 9781438129341
ISBN-13 : 1438129343
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis William Shakespeare's Hamlet by : William Shakespeare

Presents a collection of critical essays about William Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet."

Invisible Worlds

Invisible Worlds
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Publisher : SPCK
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9780281075232
ISBN-13 : 0281075239
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Invisible Worlds by : Peter Marshall

How did traditional beliefs about the supernatural change as a result of the Reformation, and what were the intellectual and cultural consequences? Following a masterly interpretative introduction, Peter Marshall traces the effects of the Reformers’ assaults on established beliefs about the afterlife. He shows how debates about purgatory and the nature of hellfire acted as unwitting agents of modernization. He then turns to popular beliefs about angels, ghosts and fairies, and considers how these were reimagined and reappropriated when cut from their medieval moorings. Contents PART 1: HEAVEN, HELL AND PURGATORY: HUMANS IN THE SPIRIT WORLD 1. After Purgatory: Death and Remembrance in the Reformation World 2. ‘The Map of God’s Word’: Geographies of the Afterlife in Tudor and Early Stuart England’ 3. Judgment and Repentance in Tudor Manchester: The Celestial Journey of Ellis Hall 4. The Reformation of Hell? Protestant and Catholic Infernalisms, c. 1560-1640 5. The Company of Heaven: Identity and Sociability in the English Protestant Afterlife PART 2: ANGELS, GHOSTS AND FAIRIES: SPIRITS IN THE HUMAN WORLD 6. Angels Around the Deathbed: Variations on a Theme in the English Art of Dying 7. The Guardian Angel in Protestant England 8. Deceptive Appearances: Ghosts and Reformers in Elizabethan and Jacobean England 9. Piety and Poisoning in Restoration Plymouth 10. Transformations of the Ghost Story in Post-Reformation England 11. Ann Jeffries and the Fairies: Folk Belief and the War on Scepticism

Religion and Drama in Early Modern England

Religion and Drama in Early Modern England
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9781317068112
ISBN-13 : 1317068114
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Religion and Drama in Early Modern England by : Elizabeth Williamson

Offering fuller understandings of both dramatic representations and the complexities of religious culture, this collection reveals the ways in which religion and performance were inextricably linked in early modern England. Its readings extend beyond the interpretation of straightforward religious allusions and suggest new avenues for theorizing the dynamic relationship between religious representations and dramatic ones. By addressing the particular ways in which commercial drama adapted the sensory aspects of religious experience to its own symbolic systems, the volume enacts a methodological shift towards a more nuanced semiotics of theatrical performance. Covering plays by a wide range of dramatists, including Shakespeare, individual essays explore the material conditions of performance, the intricate resonances between dramatic performance and religious ceremonies, and the multiple valences of religious references in early modern plays. Additionally, Religion and Drama in Early Modern England reveals the theater's broad interpretation of post-Reformation Christian practice, as well as its engagement with the religions of Islam, Judaism and paganism.

Religions in Shakespeare's Writings

Religions in Shakespeare's Writings
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Publisher : MDPI
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 9783039281947
ISBN-13 : 3039281941
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Religions in Shakespeare's Writings by : David V. Urban

Offering a wide range of scholarly perspectives, Religions in Shakespeare’s Writings explores Shakespeare’s depictions, throughout his canon, of various religions and matters related to them. This collection’s fifteen essays explore matters pertaining to Catholic, Anglican, and Puritan Christianity, the Albigensian heresy of the high middle ages, Islam, Judaism, Roman religion, different manifestations of religious paganism, and even the “religion of Shakespeare” practiced by Shakespeare’s nineteenth-century admirers. These essays analyze how Shakespeare depicts both tensions between religions and the syntheses of different religious expressions on topics as diverse as Shakespeare’s varied portrayals of the afterlife, religious experience in Measure for Measure, and Black natural law and The Tempest. This collection also explores the political ramifications of religion within Shakespeare’s works, as well as Shakespeare’s multifaceted uses of the Bible. Additionally, while this collection does not present a Shakespeare whose particular religious beliefs can definitely be known or are displayed uniformly throughout his canon, various essays consider to what extent Shakespeare’s individual works demonstrate a Christian foundation. Contributors include John D. Cox, Cyndia Susan Clegg, Grace Tiffany, Matthew J. Smith, Bethany C. Besteman, Sarah Skwire, Feisal Mohamed, Benedict J. Whalen, Benjamin Lockerd, Bryan Adams Hampton, Debra Johanyak, John E. Curran, Emily E. Stelzer, David V. Urban, and Julia Reinhard Lupton.