Marlowe, Shakespeare, and religious toleration / Ian McAdam.

Author/creator McAdam, Ian, 1960- author
Format Book
PublicationToronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2025]
Description303 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Theological Contexts: Grace, Individualism, and Agency -- Dido Queen of Carthage, Hamlet, and the Transformation of Narcissism -- Marlowe and Shakespeare's Early Histories: The Attenuation of Grace -- The Shadow-King: Shakespeare's Development of Humanist History in Richard III, Edward III, and King John -- The Containment of Marlovian Homoeroticism in the Later Shakespeare.
Abstract "This study addresses the apparent artistic intimacy between the two playwrights. While temperamentally distinct, their works reveal intriguing affinities, arising from parallel drives towards social advancement and cohesion of masculine identity. The author argues that this drive involves an interrogation of the theology of grace that predominates in the Reformation social context. He further agues that although Shakespeare is a subtler writer, he produced playtexts and poems that were more influenced by Marlowe's religious radicalism than has been recognized."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other formsIssued also in electronic format.
Issued in other formOnline version: McAdam, Ian, 1960- Marlowe, Shakespeare, and religious toleration. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2025 1487562047 9781487562045
Genre/formLiterary criticism.
Genre/formCritiques littéraires.
ISBN9781487562038
ISBN1487562039 hardcover

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