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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348222203321

Titolo

Spiritual Shakespeares [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ewan Fernie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-36347-8

1-280-24470-4

9786610244706

0-203-62549-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

Accents on Shakespeare

Altri autori (Persone)

FernieEwan <1971->

Disciplina

822.3/3

822.33

Soggetti

Spiritual life in literature

Spirituality in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Introduction : Shakespeare, spirituality and contemporary criticism / Ewan Fernie -- 'Where hope is coldest' : All's well that ends well / Kiernan Ryan -- Harry's (in)human face / David Ruiter -- Waiting for Gobbo / Lowell Gallagher -- 'Salving the mail' : perjury, grace and the disorder of things in Love's labour's lost / Philippa Berry -- The Shakespearean fetish / Lisa Freinkel -- Bottom's secret / John J. Joughin -- Spectres of Hamlet / Richard Kearney -- The last act : presentism, spirituality and the politics of Hamlet / Ewan Fernie.

Sommario/riassunto

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