Shakespeare and Religion

Alison Shell is Professor of English at University College London, UK, and currently runs the English Department’s MA in English: Shakespeare in History, and sits on the steering committee for the UCL Centre for Early Modern Exchanges. She is an editor for the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies’ series ‘Catholic and Recusant Texts in Early Modern England’. She reviews for the Times Literary Supplement, the Church Times and a number of academic journals.

• Textual NoteAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsList of IllustrationsIntroduction1. Antitheatricalism in Shakespeare's Age2. Shakespeare's Life and Works: Catholic Critiques3. Good Works: Shakespeare's Use of Religious Moralism4. Providence, Fate and Predestination: From Tragedy to TragicomedyConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

[This] constitutes the most sophisticated account of Shakespeare and religion that I have encountered. It is the work of a sharp and distinctively original intelligence.