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Author:

Wilson, Richard, 1950-

Title:

Secret Shakespeare : studies in theatre, religion and resistance / Richard Wilson.

Publisher:

Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave,
Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

x, 326 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Religion.
Catholic Church--In literature.
Christianity and literature--England--History--16th century.
Christianity and literature--England--History--17th century.
Catholics--England--Intellectual life.
Catholics in literature.
Secrecy in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-318) and index.

Contents:

Wrapped in a player's hide : Shakespeare's secret history -- Ghostly fathers : Shakeshafte and the Jesuits -- Secrets as a dumb man : two comedies of Italy and the genesis of secrecy -- No news but the old news : Shakespeare and the tragedy of Arden -- A bloody question : the politics of Venus and Adonis -- Love in idleness : the stripping of the altars in A midsummer night's dream -- Dyed in mummy : Othello and the mulberries -- The pilot's thumb : Macbeth and the martyrs -- Voyage to Tunis : new history and the old world of The tempest -- Unseasonable laughter : the context of Cardenio -- The statue of our queen : Shakespeare's open secret -- A winter's tale : King Lear in the Pennines.

ISBN:

9780719070259 (pbk.)
0719070252 (pbk.)
9780719070242
0719070244
0719070252
9780719070259

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55523047

LCCN:

2004303584

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)