Citizen-Saints: Shakespeare and Political Theology

by Julia Reinhard Lupton

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Turning to the potent idea of political theology to recover the strange mix of political and religious thinking during the Renaissance, this bracing study reveals in the works of Shakespeare and his sources the figure of the citizen-saint, who represents at once divine messenger and civil servant, both norm and exception. Embodied by such diverse personages as Antigone, Paul, Barabbas, Shylock, Othello, Caliban, Isabella, and Samson, the citizen-saint...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:022614352X

ISBN13:9780226143521

Release Date:February 2014

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:0.86 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

16th Century 17th Century Drama Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Religion Religion & Spirituality

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