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Freinkel (English, U. of Oregon) reads Shakespeare's will as the intentionality of a historical writing agent, and Will as a proper name that comprises the authoritative mark of that agent for readers... in order to present something like a history of Hegel's dilemma that truth is whole and universal but any expression of it must necessarily be constrained in history and other dimensions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The most influential treatments of Shakespeare's sonnets have ignored the impact of theology on his poetics, examining instead the poet's "secular" emphasis on psychology and subjectivity. Reading Shakespeare's Will offers the first systematic account of the theology behind the poetry, restoring Shakespeare to his age: a time riven by doctrinal dispute and religious strife. Investigating the poetic consequences of Christianity's efforts to assimilate Jewish scripture, Lisa Freinkel reads Shakespeare through the history of Christian allegory. To "read Shakespeare's will," Freinkel argues, is to read his bequest to and from a literary history suffused with religious doctrine. She thus challenges the common equation of subjectivity with secularity and defines Shakespeare's poetic voice in theological rather than psychoanalytic terms. Tracing from Augustine to Luther the Christian legacy that informs Shakespeare's work, Freinkel suggests that we cannot properly understand his poetry without recognizing it as a response to Luther's Reformation. Delving into the valences and repercussions of this response, Reading Shakespeare's Will charts the notion of a "theology of figure" that helped to shape the themes, tropes, and formal structures of Renaissance literature and thought. Book jacket.続きを見る
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