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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Beatrice Groves (Junior Research Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.00cm Weight: 0.437kg ISBN: 9780199208982ISBN 10: 0199208980 Pages: 246 Publication Date: 30 November 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Drama and the Word: The Bible on the early modern stage 2: Shakespeare's incarnational aesthetic: The mystery plays and Catholicism 3: Comedic form and paschal motif in the first and second quartos of Romeo and Juliet 4: 'I am not he shall buyld the Lord a house': Religious imagery and the succession to the English throne in King John 5: : 'Covering discretion with a coat of folly': The redemptive self-fashioning of Hal 6: 'Usurp the beggary he was never born to': Measure for Measure and the questioning of divine kingship ConclusionReviews...valuable...thoroughly researched, fresh in approach, and readable. Paul Dean, English Studies ...excellent book... Peter G. Platt Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 ...contains many interesting and thoughtful propositions Peter Happe, Notes and Queries Journal Groves writes with clarity and argues with lucidity; her analysis avoids unnecessary jargon or dense prose. In this spirit, using a judicious argument and obvious learning, Groves does indeed produce a laudable piece of scholarship and makes a meritorious contribution to this growing body of scholarship. Paul J. Voss, RES learned and judicious Andrew Hadfield, Times Literary Supplement [A] very graceful and profoundly important book...a great book...I urge everyone with an interest in early modern Britain to read it. Martin Henig [a] fascinating book Contemporary Review The book, densely footnoted, offers a renewed sense of Shakespeare's engagement with the religious culture of his time. Church Times a most interesting modern study of Shakespeare Thomas Merriam, Religion and the Arts ...valuable...thoroughly researched, fresh in approach, and readable. Paul Dean, English Studies ...excellent book... Peter G. Platt Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 ...contains many interesting and thoughtful propositions Peter Happe, Notes and Queries Journal Groves writes with clarity and argues with lucidity; her analysis avoids unnecessary jargon or dense prose. In this spirit, using a judicious argument and obvious learning, Groves does indeed produce a laudable piece of scholarship and makes a meritorious contribution to this growing body of scholarship. Paul J. Voss, RES learned and judicious Andrew Hadfield, Times Literary Supplement [A] very graceful and profoundly important book...a great book...I urge everyone with an interest in early modern Britain to read it. Martin Henig [a] fascinating book Contemporary Review The book, densely footnoted, offers a renewed sense of Shakespeare's engagement with the religious culture of his time. Church Times a most interesting modern study of Shakespeare Thomas Merriam, Religion and the Arts ...valuable...thoroughly researched, fresh in approach, and readable. Paul Dean, English Studies ...excellent book... Peter G. Platt Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 ...contains many interesting and thoughtful propositions Peter Happe, Notes and Queries Journal Groves writes with clarity and argues with lucidity; her analysis avoids unnecessary jargon or dense prose. In this spirit, using a judicious argument and obvious learning, Groves does indeed produce a laudable piece of scholarship and makes a meritorious contribution to this growing body of scholarship. Paul J. Voss, RES learned and judicious Andrew Hadfield, Times Literary Supplement [A] very graceful and profoundly important book...a great book...I urge everyone with an interest in early modern Britain to read it. Martin Henig [a] fascinating book Contemporary Review The book, densely footnoted, offers a renewed sense of Shakespeare's engagement with the religious culture of his time. Church Times Author InformationBeatrice Groves is the Junior Research Fellow in Humanities at Wolfson College, Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |