The Quest for Shakespeare: The Bard of Avon and the Church of RomeIgnatius Press, 3 sept. 2009 - 275 pagini 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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... English county of Warwickshire , during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. His family was relatively wealthy , owning a good deal of land in the local area , and his father was , at the time of William's birth , Chamberlain of the ...
... English at Brooklyn College from 1946 until 1967 , had originally trained for the Presbyterian ministry and is not , therefore , prejudiced in favor of the conclusion he reached in his study but , on the contrary , would have been ...
... English College in Rome also stayed in Milan with Charles Borromeo en route to England , and we know specifically that he entertained another 9 ' Richard Simpson , Edmund Campion : A Biography ( Edinburgh : Williams and Norgate , 1867 ) ...
... English College in Rheims , to Father Alphonsus Agazzari , rector of the English College in Rome , on June 23 , 1581 , in which Allen wrote that “ Father Robert [ Persons ] wants three or four thousand or more of the Testaments , for ...
... ? ” The Review of English Studies , n.s. , 21 , no . 81 ( February 1970 ) : 41-48 ; also Anthony Holden , William Shakespeare : The Man Behind the Genius ( Boston : Little , Brown , 1999 ) , p . II . 39 The Faith of His Fathers.
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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 |
Bibliography | 201 |
Index | 207 |