The Catholicism of Shakespeare's Plays
Auteur : Peter Milward
Date de publication : 1997
Éditeur : Renaissance Institute, Sophia Univ.
Nombre de pages : 144
Résumé du livre
The local tradition in Stratford is that Shakespeare "died a Papist", having sent for a Catholic priest to give him the last rites.
It is clear from his plays that he was against the strictures of Puritanism, but in The Catholicism of Shakespeare's Plays, Professor Peter Milward argues that the whole of Shakespeare's work reveals a common thread of sympathy with the plight of the suffering persecuted Catholics under Queen Elizabeth and King James I.