Shakespeare's Religious Language
A Dictionary
1st Edition
Published on 26. March 2015
480 pages
978-1-4725-7729-0 (ISBN)
Description
Religious issues and discourse are key to an understanding of Shakespeare's plays and poems. This dictionary discusses over 1000 words and names in Shakespeare's works that have a religious connotation. Its unique word-by-word approach allows equal consideration of the full nuance of each of these words, from 'abbess' to 'zeal'. It also gradually reveals the persistence, the variety, and the sophistication of Shakespeare's religious usage.
Frequent attention is given to the prominence of Reformation controversy in these words, and to Shakespeare's often ingenious and playful metaphoric usage of them. Theological commonplaces assume a major place in the dictionary, as do overt references to biblical figures, biblical stories and biblical place-names; biblical allusions; church figures and saints.
Frequent attention is given to the prominence of Reformation controversy in these words, and to Shakespeare's often ingenious and playful metaphoric usage of them. Theological commonplaces assume a major place in the dictionary, as do overt references to biblical figures, biblical stories and biblical place-names; biblical allusions; church figures and saints.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-7729-0 (9781472577290)
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Content
Series Editor's Preface;
Acknowledgments;
Abbreviations;
Introduction;
Dictionary;
Primary Bibliography;
Secondary Bibliography;
Index by Play;
Index of Entries
Acknowledgments;
Abbreviations;
Introduction;
Dictionary;
Primary Bibliography;
Secondary Bibliography;
Index by Play;
Index of Entries
