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Spiritual Shakespeares

This book explores the scope for reading Shakespeare spiritually in the light of contemporary theory and current world events. With contributions from leading names, it offers unique readings of some very familiar plays
Print Book, English, 2005
Routledge, London, 2005
xix, 241 pages ; 23 cm.
9780415319669, 9780415319676, 0415319668, 0415319676
57730827
List of Contributors General editor’s preface Acknowledgements Foreword: Of hyper-reality John D. Caputo Introduction: Shakespeare, spirituality and contemporary criticism Ewan Fernie 1. ‘Where hope is coldest’: All’s Well that Ends Well Kiernan Ryan 2. Harry’s (in)human face David Ruiter 3. Waiting for Gobbo Lowell Gallagher 4. ‘Salving the mail’: perjury, grace and the disorder of things in Love’s Labour’s Lost Philippa Berry 5. The Shakespearean fetish Lisa Freinkel 6. Bottom’s secret John J. Joughin 7. Spectres of Hamlet Richard Kearney 8. The last act: presentism, spirituality and the politics of Hamlet Ewan Fernie Afterword Jonathan Dollimore Bibliography Index