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Author
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Date published
2012
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Publisher
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 [i.e. 2011]
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Subject
English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Bible Influence
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Accession number
83448969
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Class
65.05/EAR
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ISBN
9780230301092 (hbk.), 0230301096 (hbk.)
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Language
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Physical description
267 pages ; 23 cm.
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Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliography and index. Formatted contents note: Measuring up to Nebuchadnezzar: Biblical presences in Shakespeare's tragicomedies / Helen Wilcox -- The ethics of pardoning in Shakespeare's Measure for measure / Paul Cefalu -- Punishing perjury in Love's labour's lost / Judith Hudson. UK-SuSCL. Summary, etc: This collection examines the pervasive presence of scripture on the early modern stage. Exploring plays by writers such as Shakespeare, Marlowe, Middleton, and Webster, the contributors show how theatre offers a site of public and communal engagement with the Bible.