Shakespeare's Christian Dimension: An Anthology of Commentary

Abstract

Before receiving Shakespeare 's Christian Dimension for review, the last writing I had seen by Roy Battenhouse was "Shakespearean Tragedy: Its Christian Premises" in Connotations: A Journalfor Critical Debate (3,3, 1993-1994).Apparently written in response to an editor's request, the essay recounts the origins and reprises the main arguments of Battenhouse' s half-century of scholarship on the tragedies of Marlowe and Shakespeare; with some elaboration to acconmiodate the inclusion of history and comedy, it would have made a fine introduction to this, his final book.While it probably would not have convinced readers who reject or belittle efforts to present Shakespeare's meaning as based on orthodox Christian concepts, it could well have engendered respect for the learning and logical thought processes that lay behind Battenhouse' s conclusions.As much cannot be said for this book's "Introduction: An

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