The Bible on the Shakespearean Stage
Cultures of Interpretation in Reformation England
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- Thomas Fulton, Rutgers University, New Jersey
- Kristen Poole, University of Delaware
- Date Published: April 2018
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107194236
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The Bible was everywhere in Shakespeare's England. Through sermons, catechisms, treatises, artwork, literature and, of course, biblical reading itself, the stories and language of the Bible pervaded popular and elite culture. In recent years, scholars have demonstrated how thoroughly biblical allusions saturate Shakespearean plays. But Shakespeare's audiences were not simply well versed in the Bible's content - they were also steeped in the practices and methods of biblical interpretation. Reformation and counter-reformation debate focused not just on the biblical text, but - crucially - on how to read the text. The Bible on the Shakespearean Stage is the first volume to integrate the study of Shakespeare's plays with the vital history of Reformation practices of biblical interpretation. Bringing together the foremost international scholars in the field of 'Shakespeare and the Bible', these essays explore Shakespeare's engagement with scriptural interpretation in the tragedies, histories, comedies, and romances.
Read more- The first volume to integrate the study of Shakespeare's plays with the vital history of Reformation practices of biblical interpretation
- Brings together some of the foremost international scholars in the field of 'Shakespeare and the Bible'
- Explores Shakespeare's engagement with scriptural interpretation across the tragedies, histories, comedies, and romance
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'The essays in The Bible on the Shakespearean Stage: Cultures of Interpretation in Reformation England continue this expansion of the historical and literary perspectives in the field whilst concentrating on Shakespeare. It will certainly help move the scholarly conversation onwards along new axes.' Jem Bloomfield, The Review of English Studies
See more reviews'… Fulton and Poole have gathered a formidable body of scholarship to help us think about and with Shakespeare's religious culture. This collection of essays may be read, excerpted, and deployed in a number of productive ways in the undergraduate and graduate classroom … It is a must-read for scholars wishing to expand and deepen their knowledge of early modern biblical exegetes and their influence on Shakespeare's culture and works.' Kurt Schreyer, Modern Philology
'The collection is admirably clear, sensible, and well focused on its central thesis. This is a splendid book.' David Bevington, Renaissance Quarterly
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- Date Published: April 2018
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107194236
- length: 318 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 157 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.57kg
- contains: 3 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction: 'popular hermeneutics in Shakespeare's London' Thomas Fulton and Kristen Poole
Part I. Europe, England: Contextualising Shakespeare's Bible:
1. The Bible in transition in the age of Shakespeare: a European perspective Bruce Gordon
2. The trouble with translation: paratexts and England's bestselling New Testament Aaron T. Pratt
Part II. Stagings: Reformation Reading Practices in the Theater:
3. John 6, Measure for Measure, and the complexities of the literal sense Jay Zysk
4. Words of diverse significations: Hamlet's puns, amphibology, and allegorical hermeneutics Kristen Poole
5. England's Jerusalem in Shakespeare's Henriad Beatrice Groves
6. Discontented harmonies: words against words in Pomfret Castle Tom Bishop
Part III. Interplay: Biblican Forms and Other Genres:
7. Titus Andronicus and the rhetoric of lamentation Adrian Streete
8. The acts of Pericles: Shakespeare's biblical romance Hannibal Hamlin
9. Finding Pygmalion in the Bible: notes on the unity of The Winter's Tale Richard Strier
Part IV. Enactment: Hermeneutics and the Social:
10. Shylock in the lion's den: enacting exegesis in Merchant of Venice Shaina Trapedo
11. Maimed rites and whirling words in Hamlet Jesse M. Lander
12. Political theology on the pulpit and the Shakespearean stage Thomas Fulton
Afterword Julia Reinhard Lupton.
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