Shakespeare and the grammar of forgiveness /

"Shakespeare lived at a time when England was undergoing the revolution in ritual theory and practice we know as the English Reformation. With it came an unprecedented transformation in the language of religious life. Whereas priests had once acted as mediators between God and men through sacra...

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Main Author: Beckwith, Sarah, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • The mind's retreat from the face
  • Rites of forgiveness, theater of forgiveness
  • Repairs in the dark : Measure for measure and the end of comedy
  • The recovery of voice in Pericles
  • Acknowledgment and confession in Cymbeline
  • Shakespeare's resurrections : The winter's tale
  • Making good in The tempest.