en
Book chapter
Open access
English

"Popish Tricks" and "a Ruinous Monastery": Titus Andronicus and the Question of Shakespeare's Catholicism

Published inThe Limits of Textuality, Editors Erne, Lukas & Bolens, Guillemette, p. 135-155
PublisherTübingen : G. Narr
Collection
  • SPELL; 13
Publication date2000
Abstract

In investigating "the evidence for Shakespeare's Catholicism or Catholic sympathies and the way resistance to the implications of this evidence has affected the reading of both Shakespeare's life and his plays," examines how an awareness of Shakespeare's Catholic sympathies opens up interpretative possibilities in Titus Andronicus. Concludes that in the play Shakespeare "exploit's Rome's polyvalence by fabricating an ahistorical ancient Rome interspersed with references to the sixteenth-century breakup of the Roman Catholic West."

Keywords
  • Littérature anglaise
  • Texte - théorie
  • William Shakespeare
  • Titus Andronicus
  • Rome
  • Catholicism
Citation (ISO format)
ERNE, Lukas Christian. ‘Popish Tricks’ and ‘a Ruinous Monastery’: Titus Andronicus and the Question of Shakespeare’s Catholicism. In: The Limits of Textuality. Tübingen : G. Narr, 2000. p. 135–155. (SPELL)
Main files (1)
Book chapter
accessLevelPublic
Identifiers
  • PID : unige:11996
ISBN978-3-8233-4688-3
808views
430downloads

Technical informations

Creation09/27/2010 10:43:00 AM
First validation09/27/2010 10:43:00 AM
Update time03/14/2023 4:07:05 PM
Status update03/14/2023 4:07:05 PM
Last indexation02/12/2024 7:26:15 PM
All rights reserved by Archive ouverte UNIGE and the University of GenevaunigeBlack