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Shakespeare and the Afterlife

Garrison, John S.
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780198801092
Published
2018
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Weight
316 gr
Height
211 mm
Width
147 mm
Thickness
18 mm
Age
UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
172

Author
Garrison, John S.

Biographical note

John S. Garrison is Associate Professor of English at Grinnell College. He is the author of Friendship and Queer Theory in the Renaissance and Glass. He is also co-editor of two edited collections, Sexuality and Memory in Early Modern England: Literature and the Erotics of Recollection and Making Milton: Writing, Publication, Reception. Professor Garrison has held fellowships from the American Philosophical Society, Beinecke Library at Yale University, California Humanities Institute, Council of Independent Colleges/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Folger Shakespeare Library, Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, Medieval Academy of America, Medieval Association of the Pacific, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Newberry Library.

Shakespeare and the Afterlife

Garrison, John S.
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk
Garrison, John S.
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk
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...the book as a whole lives up to the promise printed on its back cover to "encourage us to engage with the author's work with new insight and new curiosity," and I came away with a new appreciation of how Shakespeare navigated the troubled waters of religious doctrine and cultural ideology in the early modern period regarding death and the afterlife.

Sharon Emmerichs, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Renaissance Quarterly

The question of what happens after death was a vital one in Shakespeare's time, as it is today. And, like today, the answers were by no means universally agreed upon. Early moderns held surprisingly diverse beliefs about the afterlife and about how earthly life affected one's fate after death. Was death akin to a sleep where one did not wake until judgment day? Were sick bodies healed in heaven? Did sinners experience torment after death? Would an individual reunite with loved ones in the afterlife? Could the dead communicate with the world of the living? Could the living affect the state of souls after death? How should the dead be commemorated? Could the dead return to life? Was immortality possible? The wide array of possible answers to these questions across Shakespeare's work can be surprising. Exploring how particular texts and characters answer these questions, Shakespeare and the Afterlife showcases the vitality and originality of the author's language and thinking. We encounter characters with very personal visions of what awaits them after death, and these visions reveal new insights into these individuals' motivations and concerns as they navigate the world of the living. Shakespeare and the Afterlife encourages us to engage with the author's work with new insight and new curiosity. The volume connects some of the best-known speeches, characters, and conflicts to cultural debates and traditions circulating during Shakespeare's time.
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Shakespeare and the Afterlife is the first book to focus on discussions of what happens after death within the author's body of work.
Introduction: The Undiscovered Country 1: Contemplating Death's Approach 2: At the Gateway to the Afterlife 3: Dialogues with the Dead 4: Resurrecting the Dead 5: Achieving Immortality Notes Further Reading
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Explores what happens after death within Shakespeare's work including his well-known plays and poems, as well as less frequently studied or performed works Covers some of the most memorable moments in Shakespeare's plays: ghosts, witches, demons, and characters who seem to return from the dead The first book-length study of the topic, synthesizing existing research on death, the supernatural, religion, and memory At the intersection of religious studies and literary studies and tackles the enduring question: what happens after death? Written in an accessible style that is ideal for students and teachers
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John S. Garrison is Associate Professor of English at Grinnell College. He is the author of Friendship and Queer Theory in the Renaissance and Glass. He is also co-editor of two edited collections, Sexuality and Memory in Early Modern England: Literature and the Erotics of Recollection and Making Milton: Writing, Publication, Reception. Professor Garrison has held fellowships from the American Philosophical Society, Beinecke Library at Yale University, California Humanities Institute, Council of Independent Colleges/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Folger Shakespeare Library, Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, Medieval Academy of America, Medieval Association of the Pacific, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Newberry Library.
Read more
Explores what happens after death within Shakespeare's work including his well-known plays and poems, as well as less frequently studied or performed works Covers some of the most memorable moments in Shakespeare's plays: ghosts, witches, demons, and characters who seem to return from the dead The first book-length study of the topic, synthesizing existing research on death, the supernatural, religion, and memory At the intersection of religious studies and literary studies and tackles the enduring question: what happens after death? Written in an accessible style that is ideal for students and teachers
Read more

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...the book as a whole lives up to the promise printed on its back cover to "encourage us to engage with the author's work with new insight and new curiosity," and I came away with a new appreciation of how Shakespeare navigated the troubled waters of religious doctrine and cultural ideology in the early modern period regarding death and the afterlife.

Sharon Emmerichs, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Renaissance Quarterly

The question of what happens after death was a vital one in Shakespeare's time, as it is today. And, like today, the answers were by no means universally agreed upon. Early moderns held surprisingly diverse beliefs about the afterlife and about how earthly life affected one's fate after death. Was death akin to a sleep where one did not wake until judgment day? Were sick bodies healed in heaven? Did sinners experience torment after death? Would an individual reunite with loved ones in the afterlife? Could the dead communicate with the world of the living? Could the living affect the state of souls after death? How should the dead be commemorated? Could the dead return to life? Was immortality possible? The wide array of possible answers to these questions across Shakespeare's work can be surprising. Exploring how particular texts and characters answer these questions, Shakespeare and the Afterlife showcases the vitality and originality of the author's language and thinking. We encounter characters with very personal visions of what awaits them after death, and these visions reveal new insights into these individuals' motivations and concerns as they navigate the world of the living. Shakespeare and the Afterlife encourages us to engage with the author's work with new insight and new curiosity. The volume connects some of the best-known speeches, characters, and conflicts to cultural debates and traditions circulating during Shakespeare's time.
Read more
Shakespeare and the Afterlife is the first book to focus on discussions of what happens after death within the author's body of work.
Introduction: The Undiscovered Country 1: Contemplating Death's Approach 2: At the Gateway to the Afterlife 3: Dialogues with the Dead 4: Resurrecting the Dead 5: Achieving Immortality Notes Further Reading
Read more
Explores what happens after death within Shakespeare's work including his well-known plays and poems, as well as less frequently studied or performed works Covers some of the most memorable moments in Shakespeare's plays: ghosts, witches, demons, and characters who seem to return from the dead The first book-length study of the topic, synthesizing existing research on death, the supernatural, religion, and memory At the intersection of religious studies and literary studies and tackles the enduring question: what happens after death? Written in an accessible style that is ideal for students and teachers
Read more
John S. Garrison is Associate Professor of English at Grinnell College. He is the author of Friendship and Queer Theory in the Renaissance and Glass. He is also co-editor of two edited collections, Sexuality and Memory in Early Modern England: Literature and the Erotics of Recollection and Making Milton: Writing, Publication, Reception. Professor Garrison has held fellowships from the American Philosophical Society, Beinecke Library at Yale University, California Humanities Institute, Council of Independent Colleges/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Folger Shakespeare Library, Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, Medieval Academy of America, Medieval Association of the Pacific, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Newberry Library.
Read more
Explores what happens after death within Shakespeare's work including his well-known plays and poems, as well as less frequently studied or performed works Covers some of the most memorable moments in Shakespeare's plays: ghosts, witches, demons, and characters who seem to return from the dead The first book-length study of the topic, synthesizing existing research on death, the supernatural, religion, and memory At the intersection of religious studies and literary studies and tackles the enduring question: what happens after death? Written in an accessible style that is ideal for students and teachers
Read more

Product details

ISBN
9780198801092
Published
2018
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Weight
316 gr
Height
211 mm
Width
147 mm
Thickness
18 mm
Age
UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
172

Author
Garrison, John S.

Biographical note

John S. Garrison is Associate Professor of English at Grinnell College. He is the author of Friendship and Queer Theory in the Renaissance and Glass. He is also co-editor of two edited collections, Sexuality and Memory in Early Modern England: Literature and the Erotics of Recollection and Making Milton: Writing, Publication, Reception. Professor Garrison has held fellowships from the American Philosophical Society, Beinecke Library at Yale University, California Humanities Institute, Council of Independent Colleges/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Folger Shakespeare Library, Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, Medieval Academy of America, Medieval Association of the Pacific, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Newberry Library.

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