A Will to Believe: Shakespeare and Religion

by David Scott Kastan

Book Overview

On December 19, 1601, John Croke, then Speaker of the House of Commons, addressed his colleagues: "If a question should be asked, 'What is the first and chief thing in a Commonwealth to be regarded?' I should say, 'Religion.' If, 'What is the second?' I should say, 'Religion.' If, 'What the third?' I should still say, 'Religion.'" But if religion was recognized as the "chief thing in a Commonwealth," we have been less certain what it does in Shakespeare's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199572895
• ISBN13: 9780199572892
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.8"