Shakespeare’s Pericles and Psalm 39
Most theological attention to Shakespeare’s late plays treats their religious dimension as a marker of transcendence or otherworldliness. Here, instead, I suggest that Shakespeare is tracing the emotional stages of loss through his use of the funeral psalm 39 (with more than a hint of the Passion ps...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2014
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Theology
Year: 2014, Volume: 117, Issue: 6, Pages: 411-416 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Psalms B Pericles B Shakespeare B Reconciliation B Death B late plays |
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| Summary: | Most theological attention to Shakespeare’s late plays treats their religious dimension as a marker of transcendence or otherworldliness. Here, instead, I suggest that Shakespeare is tracing the emotional stages of loss through his use of the funeral psalm 39 (with more than a hint of the Passion psalm 22) in his portrayal of Pericles’ final reconciliation. This is a conversation with a liturgical text which would have been highly audible to early modern playgoers. The parallels with these psalms have not been remarked upon before in literary criticism or in theological literature. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2696 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040571X14547484 |