Catholic Theology in Shakespeare's Plays. By David N. Beauregard
Inthisshort, lucid and well-argued study, David N. Beauregard draws upon the findings of revisionist historians of the English reformation including, among others, Christopher Haigh, J. J. Scarisbrick, and Eamon Duffy, to make the compelling case that Shakespeare's plays reveal a Roman Catholic...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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Literature and theology
Year: 2009, Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 359-363 |
| Review of: | Catholic theology in Shakespeare's plays (Newark : University of Delaware Press, 2008) (Hillier, Russell M.)
Catholic theology in Shakespeare's plays (Newark, Del. : Univ. of Delaware Press, 2008) (Hillier, Russell M.) |
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| Summary: | Inthisshort, lucid and well-argued study, David N. Beauregard draws upon the findings of revisionist historians of the English reformation including, among others, Christopher Haigh, J. J. Scarisbrick, and Eamon Duffy, to make the compelling case that Shakespeare's plays reveal a Roman Catholic sensibility at work. His research radically reassesses the ‘Whig’ interpretation of the English reformation and the conventional idea of the great playwright as a mind nourished by the Book of Common Prayer, the Books of Homilies, the Geneva Bible, and the Thirty-Nine Articles. In its stead, Beauregard makes available an almost overwhelming body of evidence for the strong presence of Roman Catholic theological doctrine, sacramental liturgy and devotional practice across Shakespeare's plays. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frp024 |