Introduction: Shakespeare and Protestantism

Davies, Michael

doi:10.1080/17450910902764256

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“…has never taken well to English Calvinism'. 16 As such, I aim to contest this monological scholarly discourse by emphasizing shared comedic resonances between Tarltons Newes and Hamlet's mocking jibes at the Ghost at the end of 1.5.…”

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Cahiers Élisabéthains: A Journal of English Renaissance Studies

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While much of recent Hamlet criticism is heavily invested in foregrounding Catholic-nostalgic aspects in the play, I argue that the purgatorial Ghost can also be read as a caricature. Comedic and parodic depictions of Roman Catholic doctrine and beliefs were fairly common in the popular writings of Shakespeare’s age. I situate Shakespeare’s Hamlet within contemporary Protestant culture and its literary aesthetics as well as populist appeal. Finally, I read Hamlet’s mocking of the Ghost at the end of Scene 1.5 along with a popular pamphlet, Tarltons Newes out of Purgatorie (1590). Both, I argue, caricature Purgatory to induce community reinforcing Protestant laughter.

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Introduction: Shakespeare and Protestantism

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