Publications [#141534] of Sarah Beckwith
Papers/Articles/Chapters in Books
- S. Beckwith, Medieval Penance, Reformation Repentance and Measure for Measure,
in Reading the Medieval in Early Modern England, edited by eds. Gordon mcMullan and David Matthews
(Spring, 2007),
pp. 193-204, Cambridge University Press .
(last updated on 2008/01/07)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.