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Words of Power: Reading Shakespeare and the Bible by Jem Bloomfield
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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Book shows little sign of wear. Apprears previous owner did not read the book.”
- Subject Area
- Literary Studies
- ISBN-13
- 9780718894139
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United Kingdom
- Subject
- Literature
- ISBN
- 9780718894139
- Book Title
- Words of Power : Reading Shakespeare and the Bibles
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 9.2 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Religion
- Topic
- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Shakespeare, Biblical Studies / General
- Item Weight
- 9.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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Shakespeare and the Bible are two of the icons of world culture. They are interwoven into the language and customs of much of the English-speaking world, from turns of phrase which people instinctively borrow to express their own feelings, to the grand state occasions which bolster their own authority.|9780718894139|
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Lutterworth Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0718894138
ISBN-13
9780718894139
eBay Product ID (ePID)
212760173
Product Key Features
Book Title
Words of Power : Reading Shakespeare and the Bibles
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Shakespeare, Biblical Studies / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Religion
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
9.2 in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Bloomfield's strength his his ability to touch upon highly complex topics and make them accesible while still acknowledging their complexity. I very much hope that there's room for an expanded edition or follow-up work, taking the questions he raises forward., From a professor of English comes a book about reading that offers insight and challenge to those of us, like myself, who call ourselves 'people of the book'. This is a respectful book - but one that respects different views enough to criticise and challenge them. I would recommend this book to those studying theology - at any level and for any purpose - as well as those studying Shakespeare or historical English literature and wanting to get a handle on just how texts can shape people., Packed with material that has made me think in new ways, not only about the Bible and Shakespeare, but also more widely about the nature of a "canon", what makes a text "sacred", different ways of reading familiar texts, the nature of performance and proclamation, how texts form communities and identities, and the complex ways in which texts are appropriated and quoted., Bloomfield is an enthusiastic author whose exploratory spirit is infectious. With a watchful eye for similarities, he traces the disagreements over which biblical and play texts should be included in the canon, the ways in which the final texts have been variously interpreted and how performance has been used to enhance their resonance... I'm grateful to Jem Bloomfield ... and I hope more books from him are on the way., "This excellent study provides a fresh and intriguing approach to the cultural status of what Jem Bloomfield calls 'Shakespeare and the Bible'. Engagingly written and full of surprising insights, Words of Power argues for the overlap between how these texts are approached in both popular and scholarly culture. Bloomfield takes concepts from biblical scholarship and fruitfully explores how they can be used to challenge preconceptions about the way that both Shakespeare and the Bible should be read."- Beatrice Groves, Research Lecturer in Renaissance Literature, University of Oxford"Jem Bloomfield's lively study asks what it means to put faith in a book. It unpicks the historical contingency of both the Bible and Shakespeare's works, and demonstrates that the more interesting question is not what these books are, but what they are needed to be. By highlighting the role played by tradition, assumption and worldview in shaping reading practices, Bloomfield makes an important call for critical awareness of how words, both sacred and secular, gain their power."- Peter Kirwan, Assistant Professor in Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama, University of Nottingham"Packed with material that has made me think in new ways, not only about the Bible and Shakespeare, but also more widely about the nature of a "canon", what makes a text "sacred", different ways of reading familiar texts, the nature of performance and proclamation, how texts form communities and identities, and the complex ways in which texts are appropriated and quoted."- John Halton, Curlew River (blog), March 2016"There is much fascinating information offered in this book. I was not aware, for example, that there was a movement in the nineteenth century away from the performing of Shakespeare's plays towards the private contemplation of their literary value. Readers from disciplines of biblical studies and Shakespeare scholarship will discover much of interest in the sections dealing with the texts that are not their area of expertise."- Alison Jack, The Expository Times, Vol. 128 No. 3, December 2016"Bloomfield is an enthusiastic author whose exploratory spirit is infectious. With a watchful eye for similarities, he traces the disagreements over which biblical and play texts should be included in the canon, the ways in which the final texts have been variously interpreted and how performance has been used to enhance their resonance... I'm grateful to Jem Bloomfield... and I hope more books from him are on the way."- Mark Oakley, Theology, Volume 120, Issue 5, September to October"[I] found much of the book's material intriguing, and the breadth of research it represents commendable. .... [W]ords of Power is writt en for a general readership; it might also especially appeal to undergraduate humanities students. While the latt er may fi nd the book's tenor familiar, much of the information presented will be new and interesting for many." "an accessible work. elegantly written introduction to the processes of canonicity of both the Bible and Shakespeare, the defence of particular readings over others, the selectivity of biblical emphasis and, with respect to the bard, the changing views of how Shakespeare ought to be performed"-Frank England, College of the Transfiguration, Theological Book Review vol.28 no.1, p.94
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Dewey Decimal
822.33
Lc Classification Number
Pr2965
Copyright Date
2016
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