Publications [#141534] of Sarah Beckwith

Essays/Articles/Chapters in Books

  1. S. Beckwith. "Medieval Penance, Reformation Repentance and Measure for Measure." Reading the Medieval in Early Modern England. Ed. Gordon McMullan and David Matthews. Cambridge University Press, Spring, 2007. 193-204.
    (last updated on 2010/05/04)

    Author's Comments:
    In this essay I explore some of the theatrical exploration of confession in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, and the unintended, quasi-accidental consequences for Protestant English consciousness of the transformation of penance to repentance.