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Shame in Shakespeare
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 36.95One of the most intense and painful of our human passions, shame is typically seen in contemporary culture as a disability or a disease to be cured. Shakespeare's ultimately positive portrayal of the emotion challenges this view. Drawing on philosophers and theorists of shame, Shame in Shakespeare analyses the shame and humiliation suffered by... more...
Spiritual Shakespeares
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 35.95Spiritual Shakespeares is the first book to explore the scope for reading Shakespeare spiritually in the light of contemporary theory and current world events. Ewan Fernie has brought together an exciting cast of critics in order to respond to the ?religious turn? in recent literary theory and to the spiritualized politics of terrorism and the ?War... more...
Redcrosse
Bloomsbury Publishing 2012; US$ 22.99Do poetry and criticism matter in today's world? How can the poetry of the past help us tackle the changing nature of religious faith and national identity? This book explores the creation of Redcrosse , a new poetic liturgy for St George's Day and a unique collaborative work written by the critic Ewan Fernie, the theologian Andrew Shanks and... more...
The Demonic
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95Are we either good or bad, and do we really know the difference? Why do we want what we cannot have, and even to be what we?re not? Can we desire others without wanting to possess them? Can we open to others and not risk possession ourselves? And where, in these cases, do we draw the line? Ewan Fernie argues that the demonic tradition in literature... more...
Reconceiving the Renaissance
Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 59.99The last two decades have transformed the field of Renaissance studies, and Reconceiving the Renaissance maps this change. Attending to the breadth of fresh approaches, the volume offers a theoretical overview of current thinking about the period. Collecting in one volume the classic and cutting-edge statements which define early modern scholarship... more...
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