Shakespeare and Abraham

by Ken Jackson

Book Overview

In Shakespeare and Abraham, Ken Jackson illuminates William Shakespeare's dramatic fascination with the story of Abraham's near sacrifice of his son Isaac in Genesis 22. Themes of child killing fill Shakespeare's early plays: Genesis 22 informed Clifford's attack on young Rutland in 3 Henry 6, Hubert's providentially thwarted murder of Arthur in King John, and Aaron the Moor's surprising decision to spare his son amidst the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268032718
• ISBN13: 9780268032715
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"