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Deep Wisdom from Shakespeare's Dramas

Deep Wisdom from Shakespeare's Dramas

Plaisier, Arjan
Van Der Welle, Steve J.

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Literary CriticismGeneral Christianity

Publisher Price: $26.00

ISBN10: 1620320606
ISBN13: 9781620320600
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: Jun 25 2012
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Arjan Plaisier believes audiences who view Shakespeare performances and readers who study the plays deserve better than some of the recent interpretations of the Bard's work. In their attempt to be modern, these interpreters commit historical amnesia by slighting the Christian ethos of the early Renaissance period in which Shakespeare wrote and by riding roughshod over the religious underpinnings of his plays. This neglect skews the playwright's intentions, confuses the audience, and diminishes the full effect of the play. Plaisier, too, is modern--and in a more profound sense. He sets forth how Shakespeare shapes his plots to conform at an ultimate level to timeless biblical narrative patterns (like Northrop Frye, he regards the Bible as a code book), so that there is a right ending to the work. And in an Appendix, Plaisier provides some kindly advice to his fellow pastors. You do well, he says to them, to enrich your noble calling with attention to literature. To do this, he says, you will find Shakespeare most helpful. Yes, and Plaisier's perceptive essays point to the deep wisdom in Shakespeare by which we can all live.

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