Shakespeare and Religio Mentis: A Study of Christian Hermetism in Four Plays
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/aaao744/
Author:
	Nelson, Jane Everingham.
Type:
	Book Monograph
Year:
	2022
Publication Information:
	Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. xvi + 309
Series Statement:
	(Studies in Religion and the Arts, 19.)
Annotation:
	Traces "verbal echoes" of Christian Hermetism in Love's Labour's Lost, The Tempest, King Lear and Othello. Considers Shakespeare's religious beliefs to be "his secret," while noting that "Shakespeare himself had a profound knowledge of the Hermetic theosophy and was an active and conscious participant in the dissemination of Hermetic thought."
Language:
	English
Reviews:
	Marino, Davide. Religious Studies Review 50, no 2 (2024): 385.
Keywords:
	religion
Tags:
	Biographical Studies, King Lear, Love's Labor's Lost, Othello, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, The Tempest
WSB Update:
	Fall 2025
WSB Record Number:
	aaao744