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Shakespeare's Religious Background

Peter Milward

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Description:"For England, the sixteenth century was, above all, an age of religious upheaval. Behind the glittering procession of Tudor monarchs were dragged the bruised consciences of their unfortunate subjects. Then, at the end of the century, came the genius of Shakespeare, who gave in his plays ‘the very age and body of the time his form and pressure’. To what extent, we may ask, does the religious upheaval of his time feature in these plays? Apparently not all, is the surprising answer. But ‘apparently’ is not the same as ‘really’. For when we study the plays in relation to the religious movements of the Elizabethan age, we find unsuspected depths of meaning and implication. In these depths we may discern the various echoes of the continuing force of Catholic tradition, the developing establishment of Protestant reform, the gathering onslaught of radical Puritanism, and the steady growth of religious indifference. These currents and cross currents of the age are all reflected to a greater or lesser extent in different plays. But it is only when the plays are taken together that there emerges a characteristic moral and theological viewpoint which may be regarded as Shakespeare’s own. It even seems that, so far from ignoring the religious issues of his time, it was precisely on this point that Shakespeare felt most deeply-so deeply perhaps that it was impossible for him to express his feelings in anything but the most enigmatic modes. As he made Hamlet exclaim in a somewhat analogous situation: ‘But break, my heart; For I must hold my tongue!" - Peter Millard.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shakespeare's Religious Background. To get started finding Shakespeare's Religious Background, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 324

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Loyola Press

Release: 1985

ISBN: xDSaAAAAIAAJ

Description: "For England, the sixteenth century was, above all, an age of religious upheaval. Behind the glittering procession of Tudor monarchs were dragged the bruised consciences of their unfortunate subjects. Then, at the end of the century, came the genius of Shakespeare, who gave in his plays ‘the very age and body of the time his form and pressure’. To what extent, we may ask, does the religious upheaval of his time feature in these plays? Apparently not all, is the surprising answer. But ‘apparently’ is not the same as ‘really’. For when we study the plays in relation to the religious movements of the Elizabethan age, we find unsuspected depths of meaning and implication. In these depths we may discern the various echoes of the continuing force of Catholic tradition, the developing establishment of Protestant reform, the gathering onslaught of radical Puritanism, and the steady growth of religious indifference. These currents and cross currents of the age are all reflected to a greater or lesser extent in different plays. But it is only when the plays are taken together that there emerges a characteristic moral and theological viewpoint which may be regarded as Shakespeare’s own. It even seems that, so far from ignoring the religious issues of his time, it was precisely on this point that Shakespeare felt most deeply-so deeply perhaps that it was impossible for him to express his feelings in anything but the most enigmatic modes. As he made Hamlet exclaim in a somewhat analogous situation: ‘But break, my heart; For I must hold my tongue!" - Peter Millard.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shakespeare's Religious Background. To get started finding Shakespeare's Religious Background, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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