UID:
edocfu_9959148379902883
Format:
1 online resource (261 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-36347-8
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1-280-24470-4
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9786610244706
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0-203-62549-8
Series Statement:
Accents on Shakespeare
Content:
Spiritual Shakespeares is the first book to explore the scope for reading Shakespeare spiritually in the light of contemporary theory and current world events. Ewan Fernie has brought together an exciting cast of critics in order to respond to the 'religious turn' in recent literary theory and to the spiritualized politics of terrorism and the 'War on Terror'.Exploring a genuinely new perspective within Shakespeare Studies, the volume suggests that experiencing the spiritual intensities of the plays could lead us back to dramatic intensity as such. It tests spirituali
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Shakespeare, spirituality and contemporary criticism /
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'Where hope is coldest' : All's well that ends well /
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Harry's (in)human face /
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Waiting for Gobbo /
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'Salving the mail' : perjury, grace and the disorder of things in Love's labour's lost /
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The Shakespearean fetish /
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Bottom's secret /
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Spectres of Hamlet /
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The last act : presentism, spirituality and the politics of Hamlet /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-31967-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-31966-8
Language:
English
