Shakespeare and Religious Change [electronic resource] /
Graham, K.editor.
Collington, P.editor.
This balanced and innovative collection explores the relationship of Shakespeare's plays to the changing face of early modern religion, considering the connections between Shakespeare's theatre and the religious past, the religious identities of the present and the deep cultural changes that would shape the future of religion in the modern world.
"Many of the essays in this collection were presented at the Seventeenth Waterloo Conference on Elizabethan Theatre, 'Religion and Theatre,' held in Waterloo, Ontario, in June 2005"--Acknow.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Shakespeare and Religious Change / Kenneth J.E. Graham -- Part I: Shakespeare and Social History: Religion and the Secular -- Part II: Dramatic Continuities and Religious Change -- Part III: Religious Identities -- Part IV: Shakespeare and the Changing Theater: Religion or the Secular.
This balanced and innovative collection explores the relationship of Shakespeare's plays to the changing face of early modern religion, considering the connections between Shakespeare's theatre and the religious past, the religious identities of the present and the deep cultural changes that would shape the future of religion in the modern world.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Religion—History.
Poetry.
Literature, Modern.
British literature.
History of Religion.
Poetry and Poetics.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
British and Irish Literature.