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- catalog abstract ""In The Trial of Man: Christianity and Judgment in the World of Shakespeare, Craig Bernthal, a lawyer and Shakespeare scholar, shows how understanding the Elizabethan religious and legal context in which Shakespeare lived illuminates many of Shakespeare's works, including The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest, Henry VIII, and Henry VI, Part II." ""Judgment," writes Bernthal, "is the archetypal situation for Shakespeare, the one event that every human being will have to face, on one of both sides of the grave," Bernthal's study protrays a Shakespeare heavily indebted in his notion of judgment - and in the comic and dramatic uses to which he puts it - to the doctrines of Christian theology, both Catholic and Protestant. Bernthal also shows how the legal culture and trials of Shakespeare's time, including the famous trial of Sir Walter Raleigh, influenced Shakespeare's approach to the difficulties surrounding human judgment - how to assess the truthfulness of testimony, determine the appropriate degree of punishment, and evaluate the justice of proposed remedies. Above all, Bernthal carefully attends to the ways in which Shakespeare probed the tension between justice and mercy in all its complexity." "Written for the lay reader, The Trial of Man is a captivating synthesis of literacy, historical, and legal scholarship."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12987431.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""In The Trial of Man: Christianity and Judgment in the World of Shakespeare, Craig Bernthal, a lawyer and Shakespeare scholar, shows how understanding the Elizabethan religious and legal context in which Shakespeare lived illuminates many of Shakespeare's works, including The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest, Henry VIII, and Henry VI, Part II." ""Judgment," writes Bernthal, "is the archetypal situation for Shakespeare, the one event that every human being will have to face, on one of both sides of the grave," Bernthal's study protrays a Shakespeare heavily indebted in his notion of judgment - and in the comic and dramatic uses to which he puts it - to the doctrines of Christian theology, both Catholic and Protestant. Bernthal also shows how the legal culture and trials of Shakespeare's time, including the famous trial of Sir Walter Raleigh, influenced Shakespeare's approach to the difficulties surrounding human judgment - how to assess the truthfulness of testimony, determine the appropriate degree of punishment, and evaluate the justice of proposed remedies. Above all, Bernthal carefully attends to the ways in which Shakespeare probed the tension between justice and mercy in all its complexity." "Written for the lay reader, The Trial of Man is a captivating synthesis of literacy, historical, and legal scholarship."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Henry VI, Part 2: Judgment in a disintegrating kingdom -- Hamlet and the limits of human judgment -- The merchant of Venice: judgment and the essence of love -- Measure for measure: trial as political theater -- Judgments and grace: women in court in The Winter's Tale and Henry VIII -- The tempest: judgment and divine providence.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xxxvi, 316 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Trial of man.".
- catalog identifier "1932236031".
- catalog isFormatOf "Trial of man.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Wilmington, DE : ISI Books,".
- catalog relation "Trial of man.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "Christian drama, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and literature England History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and literature England History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Judgment in literature.".
- catalog subject "Judgment of God in literature.".
- catalog subject "Justice, Administration of History.".
- catalog subject "PR3011 .B47 2003".
- catalog subject "Religion in literature.".
- catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Characters Judges.".
- catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Knowledge Law.".
- catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Religion.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Henry VI, Part 2: Judgment in a disintegrating kingdom -- Hamlet and the limits of human judgment -- The merchant of Venice: judgment and the essence of love -- Measure for measure: trial as political theater -- Judgments and grace: women in court in The Winter's Tale and Henry VIII -- The tempest: judgment and divine providence.".
- catalog title "The trial of man : Christianity and judgment in the world of Shakespeare / Craig Bernthal.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".