Mortal Thoughts: Religion, Secularity, & Identity in Shakespeare and Early Modern Culture

by Brian Cummings

Since the nineteenth century, it has been assumed that the concept of personal identity in the early modern period is bound up with secularization. Indeed, many explanations of the emergence of modernity have been based on this thesis, in which Shakespeare as a secular author has played a central role. However, the idea of secularization is now everywhere under threat. The secularity of modern society is less apparent than it was a generation ago...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198831188
• ISBN13: 9780198831181
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"