The unheard prayer : religious toleration in Shakespeare's drama /

The unheard prayer : religious toleration in Shakespeare's drama /

Titus shoots his arrows bearing petitions for justice to the gods; Claudius asks 'what form of prayer can serve my turn?'; Lear wishes he could crack the vault of heaven with his prayers. Again and again, Shakespeare dramatises the scenario of the unheard prayer, in which the one who prays...

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Main Author: Sterrett, Joseph.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Studies in Religion and the Arts 6.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248748.

Subjects:

Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Religion.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Political and social views.
Prayer in literature.
Religion in literature.
Religious tolerance in literature.
Reconciliation in literature.
Toleration in literature.

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Call Number: PR3011 .S74 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Here Our Prayer: Oppositional Praying in Titus Andronicus
  • 2 "Behold the window of my heart"-Poems and Unheard Prayers in Love's Labour's Lost
  • 3 Outpraying Prayers in Richard II
  • 4 Confessing Claudius: Sovereignty, Fraternity and Isolation at the Heart of Hamlet
  • 5 An Economy of Prayer: All's Well That Ends Well
  • 6 "Thou Pray'st Thy Gods in Vain": King Lear
  • 7 "Such a Peace": Answered Prayer in Shakespeare's "Late Plays"
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.