Shakespeare's Christianity: The Protestant and Catholic Poetics of Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and Hamlet

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E. Beatrice Batson
Baylor University Press, 2006 - 178 pages

This volume explores the influences of Catholicism and Protestantism in a trio of Shakespeare's tragedies: Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and Hamlet. Bypassing the discussion of Shakespeare's personal religious beliefs, Batson instead focuses on distinct footprints left by Catholic and Protestant traditions that underlie and inform Shakespeare's artistic genius.

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Spenser and Shakespeare
19
The Problem of SelfLove in Shakespeares Tragedies
35
Hamlet and Protestant Aural Theater
73
Copyright

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Beatrice Batson (Ph.D. Vanderbilt University) is Professor Emeritus of English at Wheaton College.

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