As one scholar put it, considering Shakespeare's chief position in world literature, it is astonishing how much there still is to learn about him. Over the centuries, writers, actors, teachers and students have debated the Bard's early life and influences, the identity of the characters inhabiting his plays and poems, his family and the circumstances surrounding his death. In the same way, Shakespeare's true religious beliefs seem shrouded in mystery. In this book, the author discusses the roots of Shakespeare's dramatic traditions, the background of the Shakespeare and Arden families, and some of the religious conflicts of the day. She goes on to examine the surprisingly strong evidence, drawn primarily from Shakespeare's comedies and late romances themselves, for Shakespeare's true religious beliefs and practices.
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"Serves as a useful reminder of the complex religious tenor in England following the Dissolution." -- Shakespeare Bulletin, Spring
"Shakespeare and Catholicism could hardly be a more topical subject . . . well worth reading for its discussion of Shakespeare’s sources." -- Literature and Theology 16.1 (March 2002)
"Thorough and detailed...Richmond's book is necessary reading for those who would continue to explore Shakespeare's Catholicism." -- Religion and the Arts
"Shakespeare and Catholicism could hardly be a more topical subject . . . well worth reading for its discussion of Shakespeare’s sources." -- Literature and Theology 16.1 (March 2002)
"Thorough and detailed...Richmond's book is necessary reading for those who would continue to explore Shakespeare's Catholicism." -- Religion and the Arts
About the Author
Velma Bourgeois Richmond is past Fulbright Scholar and recipient of an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship. She is Professor of English Emerita, Holy Names College, Oakland, California and is the author of studies of Muriel Spark and Geoffrey Chaucer, Laments for the Dead in Medieval Narrative, The Popularity of Middle English Romance, and The Legend of Guy of Warwick.
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