Shakespeare and Religion
Shakespeare's personal religious affiliation is impossible to determine. Nearly all the books published about him in the last ten years eschew an earlier attempt to identify him as Catholic and focus, instead, on the plays, not the playwright. Some attention has been paid to Judaism and Islam,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2018]
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Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 11, Pages: 1-11 |
| Further subjects: | B
dramatic characters
B Shakespeare B books published principally between 2008 and 2018 B Religion B Review |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | Shakespeare's personal religious affiliation is impossible to determine. Nearly all the books published about him in the last ten years eschew an earlier attempt to identify him as Catholic and focus, instead, on the plays, not the playwright. Some attention has been paid to Judaism and Islam, but Christianity is the overwhelming favorite. Nearly all of these books include a discussion of Measure for Measure, the only play Shakespeare wrote with a biblical title and a central concern with Christian ethics. Though there is some inevitable overlap, each writer approaches religion in the plays differently. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel9110343 |