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Marshall, Peter (1996) Review of The rest is silence : death as annihilation in the English Renaissance, by Watson, R. N. Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol.27 (No.2). pp. 614-616. ISSN 0361-0160
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Abstract
Was Shakespeare an atheist? Robert N.Watson would have us believe so, or rather he
would have us believe that Shakespeare both exemplifies and epitomizes the anguish of a
society wrestling at all levels with a profound skepticism about the orthodox Christian perception
of an afterlife; indeed, a society in which Christianity itself exercised a contingent and endangered hegemony. [...]
Item Type: | Book Review | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BT Doctrinal Theology D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Renaissance -- England, Future life | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Sixteenth Century Journal | ||||
Publisher: | Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc. | ||||
ISSN: | 0361-0160 | ||||
Book Title: | The Rest is Silence: Death as Annihilation in the English Renaissance | ||||
Official Date: | 1996 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.27 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 614-616 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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