This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the English Bibles of Shakespeare's day, notes their similarities and differences, and indicates which version the playwright knew best. The biblical references in each of Shakespeare's plays are then...
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This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the English Bibles of Shakespeare's day, notes their similarities and differences, and indicates which version the playwright knew best. The biblical references in each of Shakespeare's plays are then carefully analyzed, as are Shakespeare's references to the Prayer Book and the homilies. The thorny question of what constitutes a valid biblical reference is also discussed
Introduction; 1 The English Bible in Shakespeare's Day; 2 Shakespeare and the Anglican Liturgy; 3 Criteria for a Valid Reference; Part I The Comedies; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Taming of the Shrew; The Comedy of Errors; Love's Labor's Lost; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Merchant of Venice; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Much Ado About Nothing; As You Like It; Twelfth Night; Measure for Measure; All's Well That Ends Well; Part II The History Plays; 1 Henry VI; 2 Henry VI; 3 Henry VI; Richard III; Richard II; King John; 1 Henry IV; 2 Henry IV; Henry V; Henry VIII; Part III The Tragedies
Titus AndronicusRomeo and Juliet; Julius Caesar; Hamlet; Troilus and Cressida; Othello; King Lear; Macbeth; Antony and Cleopatra; Coriolanus; Timon of Athens; Part IV The Romances; Pericles; Cymbeline; The Winter's Tale; The Tempest; The Two Noble Kinsmen; Sir Thomas More; Appendix A Index to Shakespeare's Biblical References; Appendix B References to the Book of Common Prayer; Appendix C References to the Homilies; Bibliography
