{"product_id":"marlowe-shakespeare-and-religious-toleration-hardcover-3","title":"Marlowe, Shakespeare, and Religious Toleration - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan McAdam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarlowe, Shakespeare, and Religious Toleration\u003c\/em\u003e is a study of the influence of Christopher Marlowe on William Shakespeare and vice versa, with a focus on how their works interrogate Reformation theology and the construction of masculine identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by English scholar Ian McAdam, this book contests the idea that Shakespeare was only interested in Marlowe's theatrical techniques rather than his intellectual reflections, and argues that Marlowe's commercial ambitions reflect deeper cultural and psychological aspects of early modern self-fashioning. McAdam contends the playwrights' shared drive for social advancement and cohesive identity is explored through their engagement with the Protestant theology of grace, which both intensified and problematized individual agency during the Reformation era.\u003cbr\u003eAn insightful intervention for scholars of Shakespeare, Reformation studies, and early modern literature, Marlowe, Shakespeare, and Religious Toleration contextualizes Marlowe's \"blasphemies\" as a nuanced religiosity that has been overlooked. The text's central thesis is that Shakespeare then, in turn, develops a subtler approach to Marlowe's religious radicalism, producing plays and poems more profoundly influenced by Marlowe's theological dissent than previously acknowledged. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarlowe, Shakespeare, and Religious Toleration\u003c\/em\u003e challenges prevailing assumptions in the field, examining the trajectory and intersections of these two historic playwrights and offering a new perspective on their expressions of religious, gendered, and sexual subjectivity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan McAdam\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Lethbridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47336575959289,"sku":"9781487562038","price":129.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/7xlRN-6ULK9781487562038_2f0750dc-c13e-4024-9a3f-598310848972.webp?v=1769667779","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/marlowe-shakespeare-and-religious-toleration-hardcover-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}