Title: Masculinity and Marian efficacy in Shakespeare's England /
Authors: Espinosa, Ruben, 1975-
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, Criticism and interpretation.; Shakespeare, William, Religion.; Mary, In literature.; Religion in literature.; Religion and literature England History; Religion and literature England History; Mariaverering.; Toneelstukken.; Mannelijkheid.
Contents: Introduction, fracturing Mary: the rise and decline of the cult of the Virgin Mary in England -- "England, Mary's dowry": Joan la Pucelle and the impotent fellowships and imagined communities of 1 Henry VI -- Marian intercession and intercessory promiscuity in the Merchant of Venice and Measure for measure -- Virgins, mothers, and the Virgin Mother in Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear -- Marian miracles and the theatrical wonder of Antony and Cleopatra, Pericles, and the Winter's tale -- Afterword.