Shakespeare and religio mentis: a study of Christian Hermetism in four plays
"Have you ever wondered why Cordelia has to die? Or how Alonso talks and walks about the isle while his body lies 'full fathom five' on the sea floor? Ever wondered why the monument to Shakespeare in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon names three pagans: Nestor, Soc...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2022]
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Studies in religion and the arts (volume 19)
Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in religion and the arts
volume 19 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Love's labour's lost
/ Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, King Lear
/ Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Othello (Game)
/ Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, The tempest
/ Hermetica
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| Further subjects: | B
English drama 17th century
History and criticism
B Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Religion B Christianity in literature B Hermetism in literature B Hermes Trismegistus B Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Criticism and interpretation B English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism |
| Summary: | "Have you ever wondered why Cordelia has to die? Or how Alonso talks and walks about the isle while his body lies 'full fathom five' on the sea floor? Ever wondered why the monument to Shakespeare in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon names three pagans: Nestor, Socrates and Virgil - king, philosopher, and poet? Or why Shakespeare is on Olympus, home of the Greek gods? This interdisciplinary study, the first to interpret the plays of Shakespeare in the light of the esoteric religious doctrines of the Corpus Hermeticum, holds answers to these and other puzzling questions"-- |
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| Item Description: | This landmark interdisciplinary study shines the light of religious Hermetism on Love’s Labour’s Lost, King Lear, Othello and The Tempest and reveals the ‘religion of the mind’ found in the Corpus Hermeticum to be a source of Shakespeare’s understanding of human psychology Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004516328 |