Shakespeare and the Grammar of Forgiveness

Name: Shakespeare and the Grammar of Forgiveness
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ISBN: 9780801449789

ISBN-10: 0801449782

ISBN-13: 9780801449789

Edition: 2011

Authors: Sarah Beckwith

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Shakespeare lived at a time when England was undergoing the revolution in ritual theory and practice we know as the English Reformation. With it came an unprecedented transformation in the language of religious life. Whereas priests had once acted as mediators between God and men through sacramental rites, Reformed theology declared the priesthood of all believers. What ensued was not the tidy replacement of one doctrine by another but a long and messy conversation about the conventions of religious life and practice. In this brilliant and strikingly original book, Sarah Beckwith traces the fortunes of this conversation in Shakespeare's theater. Beckwith focuses on the sacrament of penance,…

Book details

List price: $71.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 4/8/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English