Shakespeare, Catholicism, and Romance
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781474247481
Subjects: Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, religion and ethics; Religion in literature
Description: "This book assesses William Shakespeare in the context of political and religious crisis, paying particular attention to his Catholic connections, which have heretofore been underplayed by much Protestant interpretation. Bourgeois Richmond's most important contribution is to study the genre of romance in its guise as a 'cover' for recusant Catholicism, drawing on a long tradition of medieval-religious plays devoted to the propagation of Catholic religious faith."--Bloomsbury Publishing.