Hamlet, Protestantism, and the Mourning of Contingency: Not to BeAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 28/04/2013 - 278 páginas Building on current scholarly interest in the religious dimensions of the play, this study shows how Shakespeare uses Hamlet to comment on the Calvinistic Protestantism predominant around 1600. By considering the play's inner workings against the religious ideas of its time, John Curran explores how Shakespeare portrays in this work a completely deterministic universe in the Calvinist mode, and, Curran argues, exposes the disturbing aspects of Calvinism. By rendering a Catholic Prince Hamlet caught in a Protestant world which consistently denies him his aspirations for a noble life, Shakespeare is able in this play, his most theologically engaged, to delineate the differences between the two belief systems, but also to demonstrate the consequences of replacing the old religion so completely with the new. |
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... us!” Hamlet exclaims atthe outset— would they could! If Hamlet reflects psychological and religious crisesof Protestant manufacture—regarding personalmerit, sufficiency, adequacy, irrevocabililty, etc.—then theburden put.
Not to Be Professor John E. Curran Jr. crisesof Protestant manufacture—regarding personalmerit, sufficiency, adequacy, irrevocabililty, etc.—then theburden put on individuals, as thecommunal machinery of the sacramentalsystem is ...
... Protestant and Catholic— regarding thefreedom andcapacityofthewill.If Hamlet isindeed a wouldbe selfdetermining Renaissance man who findshimself cast inahostile Reformation play(thelatter being a “mousetrap” he helplessly ...
... Protestant forms of religiosity were hatched overadecade ago,and evenwell before thatinprevious publications on Spenser and Milton, those familiar with more recenttrendsin Shakespeare criticism can join mein awe ofhis perspicacity. To ...
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TheLoss of Contingency 2TheBe the Eucharist and the Logic of Protestantism | |
4The Theater of Merit 5 Chastity andthe Strumpet Fortune 6 The BeProtestantism and Silence | |
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