"This book is about allusions to the Bible in Shakespeare's plays. It argues that such allusions are frequent, deliberate, and significant, and that the study of these allusions is repaid by a deeper understanding of the plays." - Introduction
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"This book is about allusions to the Bible in Shakespeare's plays. It argues that such allusions are frequent, deliberate, and significant, and that the study of these allusions is repaid by a deeper understanding of the plays." - Introduction
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PART 1. Shakespeare's allusive practice and its cultural and historical backgroundReformation Biblical culture -- A critical history of the Bible in Shakespeare -- Allusion: theory, history, and Shakespeare's practice -- PART II. Biblical allusion in the plays -- Shakespeare's variations on themes from Genesis 1-3 -- Creative anachronism: Biblical allusion in the Roman histories -- Damnable iteration: Falstaff, master of Biblical allusion -- The great doom's image: Macbeth and Apocalypse -- The patience of Lear: King Lear and Job.
