Shakespeare the Papist
Title | Shakespeare the Papist PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Milward |
Publisher | Sapientia Classics |
Total Pages | 332 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
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Sapientia Classics Series Shakespeare, who wrote at the beginning of the long period in which the Catholic faith as violently suppressed in the British Isles, has long enjoyed an iconic status. Some readers have interpreted him as an early agnostic, expressing modern angst about whether anything exists besides "this mortal coil" that seems to be merely "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." In recent years, however, thanks largely to the work of Peter Milward, close study of Shakespeare's plays has raised the question: Was Shakespeare in fact a believing Catholic? To this question, which radically changes the way that Shakespeare's plays should be read, Milward here offers, in his definitive study of the topic, a resounding "Yes."
Shakespeare's Christianity
Title | Shakespeare's Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | E. Beatrice Batson |
Publisher | Baylor University Press |
Total Pages | 198 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1932792368 |
This volume explores the influences of Catholicism and Protestantism in a trio of Shakespeare's tragedies: Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and Hamlet. Bypassing the discussion of Shakespeare's personal religious beliefs, Batson instead focuses on distinct footprints left by Catholic and Protestant traditions that underlie and inform Shakespeare's artistic genius.
Shakespeare's Religious Background
Title | Shakespeare's Religious Background PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Milward |
Publisher | Loyola Press |
Total Pages | 324 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Christian drama, English |
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The Catholicism of Shakespeare's Plays
Title | The Catholicism of Shakespeare's Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Milward |
Publisher | Saint Austin Press |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Catholics |
ISBN | 9781901157109 |
The local tradition in Stratford is that Shakespeare "died a Papist", having sent for a Catholic priest to give him the last rites. It is clear from his plays that he was against the strictures of Puritanism, but in The Catholicism of Shakespeare's Plays, Professor Peter Milward argues that the whole of Shakespeare's work reveals a common thread of sympathy with the plight of the suffering persecuted Catholics under Queen Elizabeth and King James I.
Through Shakespeare's Eyes
Title | Through Shakespeare's Eyes PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Pearce |
Publisher | Ignatius Press |
Total Pages | 223 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1586174134 |
Pearce analyzes three of Shakespeare's immortal plays in order to uncover evidence of the Bard's Catholic beliefs.
Theatre and Religion
Title | Theatre and Religion PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Dutton |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | 286 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780719063633 |
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Catholic Theology in Shakespeare's Plays
Title | Catholic Theology in Shakespeare's Plays PDF eBook |
Author | David N. Beauregard |
Publisher | Associated University Presse |
Total Pages | 227 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0874130026 |
Explores and reexamines Shakespeare's theology from the standpoint of revisionist history of the English Reformation.