Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 31 IS - 1 T2 - The Ben Jonson Journal SP - 72-93 ID - bbbo369 T1 - "Transcending Justice, Transcending Human Control: Overarching Providence in Shakespeare's Comedies and Romances" AU - Urban, David V PY - 2024 DA - 2026 DO - 10.3366/bjj.2024.0362 KW - destiny, fate, divine intervention LA - English AB - Explicates role of providence in Much Ado about Nothing, Measure for Measure, Winter’s Tale, and Tempest. "Concludes that in a fallen world, tragedy is normative, whereas providential intervention is necessary for the happy endings of the discussed comedies and romances." English summary, online. ER -