Reading Shakespeare's Will: The Theology of Figure from Augustine to the SonnetsThe most influential treatments of Shakespeare's Sonnets have ignored the impact of theology on his poetics, examining instead the poet's "secular" emphasis on psychology and subjectivity. Reading Shakespeare's Will offers the first systematic account of the theology behind the poetry. Investigating the poetic stakes of Christianity's efforts to assimilate Jewish scripture, the book reads Shakespeare through the history of Christian allegory. |
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Contents
Augustine Under the Fig Tree | 1 |
Petrarch in the shade of the Laurel | 47 |
Luther Disfiguring the Word | 115 |
Willful Abuse The Canker and the Rose | 159 |
Wills Bondage AntiSemitism and The Merchant of Venice | 237 |
NOTES | 293 |
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Reading Shakespeare's Will: The Theology of Figure from Augustine to the Sonnets Lisa Freinkel No preview available - 2002 |