{"product_id":"the-tempest-as-mystery-play-uncovering-religious-sources-of-shakespeares-most-spiritual-work-9780786493548","title":"The Tempest as Mystery Play: Uncovering Religious Sources of Shakespeare's Most Spiritual Work","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Grace R. W. Hall\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Shakespeare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Comparison of Shakespeare's works to their likely sources is one way to deepen our appreciation. Sources for \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest, \u003c\/i\u003e however, have long eluded the grasp of scholars, who have unearthed only bits and pieces that resemble minor elements of the play. Few traces of the special qualities of \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e have turned up in any works so far considered as sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This author is the first to identify a strong biblical basis for \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest.\u003c\/i\u003e Further, she demonstrates that the play's use of biblical imagery, characters, and concepts echo the way these elements were interpreted in the English Mystery Plays. Thus Hall is able to trace the links between \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e and the best known religious works of Elizabethan society: the Bible, the Mystery Plays, and the 1559 \u003ci\u003eBook of Common Prayer.\u003c\/i\u003e These links reveal \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e as a profoundly spiritual work, allowing the modern reader to experience the play as a harmonious religious vision.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489985253527,"sku":"9780786493548","price":2827.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786493548.jpg?v=1766343815","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-tempest-as-mystery-play-uncovering-religious-sources-of-shakespeares-most-spiritual-work-9780786493548","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}