Ian McAdam is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Lethbridge.

• Introduction1. Theological Contexts: Grace, Individualism, and Agency 2. Dido, Queen of Carthage, Hamlet, and the Transformation of Narcissism 3. Marlowe and Shakespeare’s Early Histories: The Attenuation of Grace 4. The Shadow-King: Shakespeare’s Development of Humanist History in Richard III, Edward III, and King John 5. The Containment of Marlovian Homoeroticism in the Later Shakespeare Conclusion: Shakespearean Resolutions

“Marlowe, Shakespeare, and Religious Toleration is a fresh and creative reappraisal of Marlowe’s influence on Shakespeare through a nexus of theological and sexual concerns. McAdam argues that Shakespeare’s ideological and psychological positions are closer to Marlowe’s than have been previously recognised. The book contains new theologically -inflected readings of masculinity in plays ranging from King John and Richard II to Hamlet and The Winter’s Tale, arguing that much of the 'turn to religion' commentary has underestimated ‘the crucial energy of self-empowerment’ released by the Reformation. It is McAdam's contention that the final position Shakespeare reaches with respect to Christian theology to be ‘at least as unorthodox’ as Marlowe’s own.”

Ian McAdam is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Lethbridge.

• Introduction1. Theological Contexts: Grace, Individualism, and Agency 2. Dido, Queen of Carthage, Hamlet, and the Transformation of Narcissism 3. Marlowe and Shakespeare’s Early Histories: The Attenuation of Grace 4. The Shadow-King: Shakespeare’s Development of Humanist History in Richard III, Edward III, and King John 5. The Containment of Marlovian Homoeroticism in the Later Shakespeare Conclusion: Shakespearean Resolutions

“Marlowe, Shakespeare, and Religious Toleration is a fresh and creative reappraisal of Marlowe’s influence on Shakespeare through a nexus of theological and sexual concerns. McAdam argues that Shakespeare’s ideological and psychological positions are closer to Marlowe’s than have been previously recognised. The book contains new theologically -inflected readings of masculinity in plays ranging from King John and Richard II to Hamlet and The Winter’s Tale, arguing that much of the 'turn to religion' commentary has underestimated ‘the crucial energy of self-empowerment’ released by the Reformation. It is McAdam's contention that the final position Shakespeare reaches with respect to Christian theology to be ‘at least as unorthodox’ as Marlowe’s own.”

Ian McAdam is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Lethbridge.

• Introduction1. Theological Contexts: Grace, Individualism, and Agency 2. Dido, Queen of Carthage, Hamlet, and the Transformation of Narcissism 3. Marlowe and Shakespeare’s Early Histories: The Attenuation of Grace 4. The Shadow-King: Shakespeare’s Development of Humanist History in Richard III, Edward III, and King John 5. The Containment of Marlovian Homoeroticism in the Later Shakespeare Conclusion: Shakespearean Resolutions

“Marlowe, Shakespeare, and Religious Toleration is a fresh and creative reappraisal of Marlowe’s influence on Shakespeare through a nexus of theological and sexual concerns. McAdam argues that Shakespeare’s ideological and psychological positions are closer to Marlowe’s than have been previously recognised. The book contains new theologically -inflected readings of masculinity in plays ranging from King John and Richard II to Hamlet and The Winter’s Tale, arguing that much of the 'turn to religion' commentary has underestimated ‘the crucial energy of self-empowerment’ released by the Reformation. It is McAdam's contention that the final position Shakespeare reaches with respect to Christian theology to be ‘at least as unorthodox’ as Marlowe’s own.”