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Shakespeare's religious language : a dictionary / R. Chris Hassel, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hassel, R. Chris (Rudolph Chris), 1939- author.
- Series:
- Athlone Shakespeare dictionary series.
- Athlone Shakespeare dictionary series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Language--Glossaries, etc.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Religion--Dictionaries.
- English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Dictionaries.
- English language.
- Religion in literature--Dictionaries.
- Religion in literature.
- Religion--Dictionaries.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (480 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Series Editor's Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- A-Z
- Primary Bibliography
- Secondary Bibliography
- Index of Shakespeare's Works
- General Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 3, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9781472577276
- 1472577272
- OCLC:
- 903974508
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