The unheard prayer : religious toleration in Shakespeare's drama /

Repeatedly Shakespeare dramatizes one who prays when no one is listening, interested, or even there. This study reads the scenario parallel to early modern anxieties surrounding prayer itself, suggesting a vision of religious syncretism Shakespeare imagines for his world.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sterrett, Joseph
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Series:	Studies in religion and the arts ; v. 6.
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Religion. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Political and social views. Prayer in literature. Religion in literature. Religious tolerance in literature. Reconciliation in literature. Toleration in literature. DRAMA / Shakespeare. LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Here our prayer: oppositional praying in Titus Andronicus
"Behold the window of my heart", poems and unheard prayers in Love's labour's lost
Outpraying prayers in Richard II
Confessing Claudius: sovereignty, fraternity & isolation at the heart of Hamlet
An economy of prayer: All's well that ends well
"Thou pray'st thy gods in vain": King Lear
"Such a peace": answered prayer in Shakespeare's "late plays"
Conclusion