“At War 'Twixt Will and Will Not”: On Shakespeare's Idea of Religious Experience in Measure for Measure

“Religions in Shakespeare's Writings,” the title of this special issue, can prompt consideration not only of singular exceptions to the normative religious landscape but also of the ideas that support the banner under which a plurality of examples together may be described as “religious.” In re...

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Main Author: Smith, Matthew J. 1971- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2018]
In: Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 12, Pages: 1-18
Further subjects:B Atheism
B Law
B Calvinism
B Shakespeare
B Religion
B Anthropology
B Phenomenology
B Morality
B Puritanism
B Catholicism
B Measure for Measure
B Agnosticism
B Guilt
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