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The unheard prayer : religious toleration in Shakespeare's drama / by Joseph Sterrett.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3011 .S74 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sterrett, Joseph.
- Series:
- Studies in religion and the arts ; v. 6.
- Studies in religion and the arts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Religion.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Religion.
- Prayer in literature.
- Religion in literature.
- Religious tolerance in literature.
- Reconciliation in literature.
- Toleration in literature.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Political and social views.
- Political and social views.
- Physical Description:
- xxxi, 187 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Religious toleration in Shakespeare's drama
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Summary:
- Sterrett (literature in English, Aarhus U., Denmark) traces a roughly chronological path through the plays to explore how Shakespeare used the motif of the unheard prayer in his early tragedy, comedy, history, late tragedy, problem play, and romance. He discusses oppositional praying in Titus Andronicus; poems and unheard prayers in Love's Labour's Lost; outpraying prayers in Richard II; sovereignty, fraternity, and isolation at the heart of Hamlet; an economy of prayer in All's Well That Ends Well; vain prayer in King Lear; and answered prayer in Shakespeare's late plays. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Here our prayer: oppositional praying in Titus Andronicus
- "Behold the window of my heart", poems and unheard prayers in Love's labour's lost
- Outpraying prayers in Richard II
- Confessing Claudius: sovereignty, fraternity & isolation at the heart of Hamlet
- An economy of prayer: All's well that ends well
- "Thou pray'st thy gods in vain": King Lear
- "Such a peace": answered prayer in Shakespeare's "late plays"
- Conclusion
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004230057
- 900423005X
- 9789004230064
- 9004230068
- OCLC:
- 793911022
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