Kevin O'Brien on Act Five of Othello ...
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" - the Problem
The Problem - Why is there an Act Five after the Plot is Resloved?
On Pilgrimage with Shakespeare in Protestant England
Ken Colston on Shakespeare and the Treasury of Merit
Sacramental Usury in "The Merchant of Venice"
Ken Colston on Shylock, usury and The Merchant of Venice.
The Ineffectual Sacrifice of Julius Caesar
Kevin O'Brien on secular vs. sacred sacrifice in Julius Caesar
Antigonus and the Bear: A Cautionary Reflection on the Power of Prayer
Joanna Michal Hoyt bears down on The Winter's Tale
The Cowardly Shakespeare
Kevin O'Brien reflects on what happens to Shakespeare if the modernist critics are right.
When Shakespeare Fought Stalin
Brendan King tells of Boris Pasternak's use of Shakespeare as a protest against the Soviets.
The Age of Shakespeare's Heroines
Joseph Pearce answers a reader's question concerning the age of Shakespeare's heroines.
The Other Christian Shakespeare
Andrew Lomas argues that Rene Girard's view of Shakespeare is solidly Christian despite his innovative approach.
A Really Bad Article on "The Merchant of Venice"
by
Joseph Pearce
Although I often like Sean Fitzpatrick’s literary articles, this is pure unadulterated drivel:
www.crisismagazine.com/2015/merchant-venice-shakespearean-insincerity
Mr. Fitzpatrick is merely echoing the Shylock-as-victim misreading of the play that is one of the most egregious cases of Shakespeare abuse imaginable. I do not have time to dissect the many errors in the article, not least of which is the casting of the saintly and wise Portia as a bigoted anti-semite, but would urge strongly that readers of the Christian Shakesepare buy my book Through Shakespeare’s Eyes: Seeing the Catholic Presence in the Plays in which I devote about half the book to discussing The Merchant of Venice, scene by scene. I would also urge you to buy the Ignatius Critical Edition of The Merchant of Venice (audio book version available here), which contains some superb critical essays, including a brilliant defence of Portia’s efforts to save Shylock by Daniel Lowenstein, a professor at the UCLA Law School, and an excellent essay by an economist on the way in which Shakespeare and his audience would have seen the practice of usury, i.e. in the light of the Church’s condemnation of it.
Although I often like Sean Fitzpatrick’s literary articles, this is pure unadulterated drivel:
www.crisismagazine.com/2015/merchant-venice-shakespearean-insincerity
Mr. Fitzpatrick is merely echoing the Shylock-as-victim misreading of the play that is one of the most egregious cases of Shakespeare abuse imaginable. I do not have time to dissect the many errors in the article, not least of which is the casting of the saintly and wise Portia as a bigoted anti-semite, but would urge strongly that readers of the Christian Shakesepare buy my book Through Shakespeare’s Eyes: Seeing the Catholic Presence in the Plays in which I devote about half the book to discussing The Merchant of Venice, scene by scene. I would also urge you to buy the Ignatius Critical Edition of The Merchant of Venice (audio book version available here), which contains some superb critical essays, including a brilliant defence of Portia’s efforts to save Shylock by Daniel Lowenstein, a professor at the UCLA Law School, and an excellent essay by an economist on the way in which Shakespeare and his audience would have seen the practice of usury, i.e. in the light of the Church’s condemnation of it.
The First Folio of St. Omer and "Neville"
Carol Curt Enos shows how the recently discovered First Folio at St. Omer in France is yet another proof of Shakespeare's Catholic faith.
"King Lear" and the Catholic Drama of Three Households and Four Loves
Ken Colston on seeing King
Lear through the Four Loves of C. S. Lewis, and of
seeing how sacrificial love redeems the play's nihilism.
Elements of Evil and the Science of Sin
Kevin O'Brien on lessons learned from Macbeth - and from life.
The Roman Solution and the Christian Dissolution
Kevin O'Brien on the Christian themes of a Pagan story.
In Defence of Romeo
Andrew Lomas advocates an interpretation of Romeo and Juliet that differs from that offered by Joseph Pearce.
Essay on Translating Shakespeare
Boris Pasternak writes vividly about many aspects of Shakespeare's writing.
A Courageous and Devout Catholic Author
Fr. Robert D. Smith on the Catholic Shakespeare, as evidenced in several plays
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