{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-the-afterlife-paperback","title":"Shakespeare and the Afterlife - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn S. Garrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe question of what happens after death was a vital one in Shakespeare's time, as it is today. And, like today, the answers were by no means universally agreed upon. Early moderns held surprisingly diverse beliefs about the afterlife and about how earthly life affected one's fate after death. Was death akin to a sleep where one did not wake until judgment day? Were sick bodies healed in heaven? Did sinners experience torment after death? Would an individual reunite with loved ones in the afterlife? Could the dead communicate with the world of the living? Could the living affect the state of souls after death? How should the dead be commemorated? Could the dead return to life? Was immortality possible? The wide array of possible answers to these questions across Shakespeare's work can be surprising. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring how particular texts and characters answer these questions, \u003cem\u003eShakespeare and the Afterlife\u003c\/em\u003e showcases the vitality and originality of the author's language and thinking. We encounter characters with very personal visions of what awaits them after death, and these visions reveal new insights into these individuals' motivations and concerns as they navigate the world of the living. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eShakespeare and the Afterlife\u003c\/em\u003e encourages us to engage with the author's work with new insight and new curiosity. The volume connects some of the best-known speeches, characters, and conflicts to cultural debates and traditions circulating during Shakespeare's time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Garrison, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor of English, Grinnell College\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn S. Garrison is Associate Professor of English at Grinnell College. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eFriendship and Queer Theory in the Renaissance and Glass\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also co-editor of two edited collections, \u003cem\u003eSexuality and Memory in Early Modern England: Literature and the Erotics of Recollection\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMaking Milton: Writing, Publication, Reception\u003c\/em\u003e. Professor Garrison has held fellowships from the American Philosophical Society, Beinecke Library at Yale University, California Humanities Institute, Council of Independent Colleges\/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Folger Shakespeare Library, Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, Medieval Academy of America, Medieval Association of the Pacific, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Newberry Library.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 25, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753969287456,"sku":"9780198801108","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/00468a284d19f2d177d8e018ac4e922a.webp?v=1780030545","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-the-afterlife-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}