Shakespeare's Unreformed Fictions

by Gillian Woods

Why does Catholicism have such an imaginative hold on Shakespearean drama, even though the on-going Reformation outlawed its practice? Shakespeare's Unreformed Fictions contends that the answers to this question are theatrical rather than strictly theological. Avoiding biographical speculation, this book concentrates on dramatic impact, and thoroughly integrates new literary analysis with fresh historical research.

In exploring the dramaturgical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199671265
• ISBN13: 9780199671267
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"