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Angels and Daemons: Religion in Antony and Cleopatra

Meskill, Lynn S

Etudes anglaises, 2018-01, Vol.71 (4), p.457-472

Paris: Éditions Klincksieck

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Angels and Daemons: Religion in Antony and Cleopatra
Autor: Meskill, Lynn S
Assuntos: Allusion ; Ambiguity ; British & Irish literature ; Christianity ; Classical literature ; Context ; Drama ; Dramatists ; Dramaturgy ; English literature ; Exegesis & hermeneutics ; Fate ; Greek literature ; Historical text analysis ; Humanities and Social Sciences ; Literary characters ; Literary criticism ; Literary devices ; Literary translation ; Modern literature ; Morality ; Narrative techniques ; Narratives ; Plot (Narrative) ; Plutarch (46?-120?) ; Protestantism ; Religion ; Shakespeare plays ; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) ; Spirituality ; Theater ; Tragedies ; Transliteration
É parte de: Etudes anglaises, 2018-01, Vol.71 (4), p.457-472
Descrição: Critical opinion is divided as to how to read references to ancient religion in Shakespeare’s plays. These references may be historically accurate, or serve as proxy for contemporary Christian thinking. This essay will argue that Antony and Cleopatra uses a culturally informed version of ancient religious practice to represent key spiritual concerns in the early Protestant context in which they were first performed. Scenes in which characters come into contact with the ancient figure of the soothsayer reveal how Shakespeare probes the spiritual dimension of Plutarch’s historical narrative. The dramatist uses these encounters with the divine in order to challenge Plutarch’s providential narrative recounting the ruin of Antony and the rise of Augustus Caesar. This essay focuses on the two scenes with a soothsayer in which characters actively interrogate their historical fortunes, undergoing spiritual transformations that call into question their existence in the service of Caesar’s greater fortune.
Editor: Paris: Éditions Klincksieck
Idioma: Inglês

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