Hamlet's "Too, Too Solid Flesh"

From a Lutheran perspective, the sexuality Hamlet complains about in Ophelia and Gertrude more appropriately describes the "concupiscence and self-will" of Hamlet's own self-absorption. In expounding his theology of grace, Luther repeatedly calls this spiritual illness the prudence or...

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Main Author: Hassel, R. Chris (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc. 1994
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1994, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 609-622
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