{"product_id":"the-gospel-according-to-shakespeare-9780268210151","title":"The Gospel according to Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this slim, poetically powerful volume, Piero Boitani develops his earlier work in \u003ci\u003eThe Bible and Its Rewritings\u003c\/i\u003e, focusing on Shakespeare's \"rescripturing\" of the Gospels. Boitani persuasively urges that Shakespeare read the New Testament with great care and an overall sense of affirmation and participation, and that many of his plays constitute their own original testament, insofar as they translate the good news into human terms. In \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e, he suggests, Shakespeare's \"New Testament\" is merely hinted at, and faith, salvation, and peace are only glimpsed from far away. But in \u003ci\u003ePericles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCymbeline\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, the themes of compassion and forgiveness, transcendence, immanence, the role of the deity, resurrection, and epiphany are openly, if often obliquely, staged. The Christian Gospels and the Christian Bible are the signposts of this itinerary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 2009, Boitani's \u003ci\u003eIl Vangelo Secondo Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the 2010 De Sanctis Prize, a prestigious Italian literary award. Now available for the first time in an English translation, \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel according to Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e brings to a broad scholarly and nonscholarly audience Boitani's insights into the current themes dominating the study of Shakespeare's literary theology. It will be of special interest to general readers interested in Shakespeare's originality and religious perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiero Boitani is professor of comparative literature at the University of Rome \"La Sapienza.\" He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Genius to Improve an Invention: Literary Transitions\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Notre Dame Press, 2002).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50871384244498,"sku":"9780268210151","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_58c2e72b-0676-44f0-bcb0-0ba145961071.jpg?v=1737834880","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gospel-according-to-shakespeare-9780268210151","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}