Shakespearean Resurrection: The Art of Almost Raising the Dead
(Part of the Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies Series)
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This engaging book demonstrates Shakespeare's abiding interest in the theatrical potential of the Christian resurrection from the dead. In fourteen of Shakespeare's plays, characters who have been lost, sometimes for years, suddenly reappear seemingly returning from the dead. In the classical recognition scene, such moments are explained away in naturalistic terms a character was lost at sea but survived, or abducted and escaped, and so on. Shakespeare...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0820704164
ISBN13:9780820704166
Release Date:October 2009
Publisher:Penn State University Press
Length:229 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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