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Sean Benson
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Publisher
Duquesne University Press
Published
May 2009
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Sean Benson
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Hardback
Publisher
Duquesne University Press
Published
May 2009
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This engaging book demonstrates Shakespeare's abiding interest in the theatrical potential of the Christian resurrection from the dead. In fourteen of Shakespeare's plays, characters who have been lost, sometimes for years, suddenly reappear seemingly returning from the dead. In the classical recognition scene, such moments are explained away in naturalistic terms a character was lost at sea but survived, or abducted and escaped, and so on. Shakespeare never invalidates such explanations, but in his manipulation of classical conventions he parallels these moments with the recognition scenes from the Gospels, repeatedly evoking Christ's resurrection from the dead.
Benson's close study of the plays, as well as the classical and biblical sources that Shakespeare fuses into his recognition scenes, clearly elucidates the ways in which the playwright explored his abiding interest in the human desire to transcend death and to live reunited and reconciled with others. In his manipulation of resurrection imagery, Shakespeare conflates the material with the immaterial, the religious with the secular, and the sacred with the profane.
Author
Sean Benson
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Duquesne University Press
Published
May 2009
Weight
542g
Page Count
192
Dimensions
161 x 238 x 25 mm
ISBN
9780820704166
ISBN-10
0820704164
Eden Code
4322254
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Author/Creator: Sean Benson
ISBN: 9780820704166
Publisher: Duquesne University Press
Release Date: May 2009
Weight: 542g
Dimensions: 161 x 238 x 25 mm
Eden Code: 4322254