Shakespearean Puzzles: Essays on Textual, Dramatic, and Biographical Enigmas in Some Plays by Shakespeare - Hardcover

Fleissner, Robert F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773451471 ISBN 13: 9780773451476

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Recently retired from teaching humanities in Ohio, Fleissner wades into perennial questions about religion in Shakespeare by arguing that Hamlet was at least symbolically a Lutheran, and not only because he was from Wittenberg, Luther's old stomping ground. He also explores other questions, among them Measure for Measure as Lenten entertainment, Ophelia as expecting as well as expectant, and a possible piratical identification concerning Hamlet's father. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Review

"Fleissner's book summarizes, interrogates, and extends both long-held assumptions about Shakespeare's work and newer claims alike. His speculative web of connections among the plays, the life, the religion, and the literary inspirations of Shakespeare links the unexpected and suggests potentially fruitful avenues for further study." - Dr. Robin L. Inboden Professor, Department of English Wittenberg University "The theme of religion seems particularly apt at a time when the role of religion in contemporary life, both nationally and globally is much worried.... - Dr. Jeffrey W. Crawford Professor of Philosophy Emeritus Central State University "No detail is too small to escape Fleissner's ascidian attention as he weaves seemingly unconnected observations with the help of both scholarly factoids and experiential details..." - Dr. J. Arthur Faber Professor of English Emeritus Wittenberg University"

About the Author

Dr. Fleissner fairly recently retired from Central State University, where he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities for some 37 years after completing his Ph.D. at New York University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773451471
• ISBN 13: 9780773451476
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 260