Peter Graystone

All's Well That Ends Well

From Dust to Resurrection: 40 days with Shakespeare

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Few writers have a deeper understanding of the foibles of human nature and life's absurdities and tragedies than William Shakespeare. This makes him a fascinating companion for the season of Lent, a traditional time for a spot of self-examination. This engaging, wise and often amusing Lent book sets quotations from Shakespeare's characters and poems alongside biblical passages and reflects on the resonance between them - one reflection for each day of the season. It starts with dust on Ash Wednesday ('Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust', from Cymbeline) and ends with resurrection as Easter Sunday approaches ('It is required you do awake your faith', from The Winter's Tale). In between, it considers many rich spiritual themes: mercy, love, loyalty, trust, good vs evil, guilt, forgiveness, ageing, grief, death, hope and more. Each day's reflection opens with a quotation from Shakespeare and explores its ideas in conversation with the Bible and Christian thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Canterbury Press Norwich
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781786223548
• ISBN-10: 1786223546
• Artikelnr.: 62808670

Autorenporträt

Peter Graystone works for Church Army and is the editor of Christianity.org.uk, an online encyclopaedia which gives free, confidential information about the Christian faith. Peter has written many books, speaks regularly at Greenbelt Festival, and is a columnist and theatre reviewer for the Church Times.