Shakespeare's Religious Language: A Dictionary

480 Pages·2007·1.85 MB·English

by  R. Chris Hassel

Shakespeare’s Religious
Language:
A Dictionary
R. CHRIS HASSEL
Continuum
Shakespeare’s Religious Language
A Dictionary
ATHLONE SHAKESPEARE DICTIONARY SERIES
Series Editor
Sandra Clark (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Shakespeare’s Legal Language B. J. Sokol & Mary Sokol
Military Language in Shakespeare Charles Edelman
Shakespeare’s Books Stuart Gillespie
Shakespeare’s Theatre Hugh Macrae Richmond
Shakespeare’s Non-Standard English N. F. Blake
ATHLONE SHAKESPEARE DICTIONARY SERIES
Shakespeare’s Religious
Language
A Dictionary
R. CHRIS HASSEL, JR
Continuum
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© R. Chris Hassel, Jr. 2005
First published 2005
Reprinted 2006
Paperback edition 2007
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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 0-8264-5890-4 (hardback)
ISBN: 0-8264-9332-7 (paperback)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hassel, R. Chris (Rudolph Chris), 1939–
Shakespeare’s relgious language: a dictionary / R. Chris Hassel, Jr.
p. cm.—(Athlone Shakespeare dictionary series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–8264–5890–4
1. Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616—Language—Glossaries, etc.
2. Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616—Religion—Dictionaries.
3. English language—Early modern, 1500–1700—Dictionaries. 4. Religion
in literature—Dictionaries. 5. Religion—Dictionaries.
I. Title. II. Series.
PR2892.H37. 2005
822.3′3—dc22 2004057978
Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk
Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd., Chippenham, Wiltshire
To Sedley,
for her help and encouragement throughout the years
but especially on this project,
and for her faith, her hope, and her love.
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Contents
List of Figures ix
Series Editor’s Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Abbreviations xv
Introduction xix
A–Z 1
Primary Bibliography 407
Secondary Bibliography 417
Index of Shakespeare’s Works 441
General Index 449
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List of Figures
Figure1. Death holding a sceptre and mocking a man 86
Figure2. A death’s-head with a bone in its mouth 87
Figure3. Fool’s head 129
Figure4. Owl perched on a skull 210
Figure5. The Pelican in her Piety 242