The Quest for Shakespeare: The Bard of Avon and the Church of RomeIgnatius Press, 2009年9月3日 - 275 頁 Highly regarded and best-selling literary writer and teacher, Joseph Pearce presents a stimulating and vivid biography of the world's most revered writer that is sure to be controversial. Unabashedly provocative, with scholarship, insight and keen observation, Pearce strives to separate historical fact from fiction about the beloved Bard. Shakespeare is not only one of the greatest figures in human history, he is also one of the most controversial and one of the most elusive. He is famous and yet almost unknown. Who was he? What were his beliefs? Can we really understand his plays and his poetry if we don't know the man who wrote them? These are some of the questions that are asked and answered in this gripping and engaging study of the world's greatest ever poet. The Quest for Shakespeare claims that books about the Bard have got him totally wrong. They misread the man and misread the work. The true Shakespeare has eluded the grasp of the critics. Dealing with the facts of Shakespeare's life and times, Pearce's quest leads to the inescapable conclusion that Shakespeare was a believing Catholic living in very anti-Catholic times. Many of his friends and family were persecuted, and even executed, for their Catholic faith. And yet he seems to have avoided any notable persecution himself. How did he do this? How did he respond to the persecution of his friends and family? What did he say about the dreadful and intolerant times in which he found himself? The Quest for Shakespeare answers these questions in ways that will enlighten and astonish those who love Shakespeare's work, and that will shock and outrage many of his critics. This book is full of surprises for beginner and expert alike. |
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... mind when he composed his sonnet and , as the conclusion of the sonnet testifies , the great Victorian believed that the identity of his elusive Elizabethan forebear was not particularly important . And thou , who didst the stars and ...
... mind ” . ? G. K. Chesterton stated his own belief in Shakespeare's Catholicism in his book on Chaucer , published in 1932 : “ That Shakespeare was a Catholic is a thing that every Catholic feels by every sort of convergent common sense ...
... mind . The fact that Shakespeare has much more in common with the mediaeval past than with the postmodern present has been stressed by modern Shakespearian scholars , such as Gene Fendt , who states that the “ Renaissance and medieval ...
... mind that such and similar asseverations , although Catholic in origin , remained in popular use in England after the schism ; it cannot be assumed that they were used in a religious sense , much less that the speakers were aware of ...
... minds and hearts of their children , those sentiments and values were of the Catholic tradition . It is now more certain that William Shakespeare was brought up in a Catholic home . ” S Let's look in more detail at the spiritual will of ...
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The Faith of His Fathers | 39 |
Living with Outlaws | 55 |
A Rose by Any Other Name | 64 |
Playing Safe with the Queen | 118 |
Red Herrings and Codpieces | 129 |
Friends and Family | 135 |
The Kings Good Servant | 141 |
Last Years | 151 |
He Died a Papist | 164 |
Prefatory Note to the Appendices | 173 |
Appendix A The Challenge of Shakespeare | 174 |
Loves Labors | 79 |
Lost Years | 88 |
Murdered Spy | 99 |
Martyred Priest | 107 |
Finding the Comedy in the Tragedy | 181 |
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