Particular Saints draws on church, art, and theater history to illustrate that Renaissance stage Antonios are a type, representing a tradition familiar to early modern audiences and exploited by Shakespeare in portraying his four major characters named Antonio. Whether as central a character as Mark Antony or as apparently marginal as Prospero's false brother, all Antonios share at least their capacity for raising difficult, unsettling questions about love and loving, charity and its limits.
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Particular Saints draws on church, art, and theater history to illustrate that Renaissance stage Antonios are a type, representing a tradition familiar to early modern audiences and exploited by Shakespeare in portraying his four major characters named Antonio. Whether as central a character as Mark Antony or as apparently marginal as Prospero's false brother, all Antonios share at least their capacity for raising difficult, unsettling questions about love and loving, charity and its limits.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Presentation copy: "For...With love and gratitude, Cynthia." (Signed on the title page). Black-and-white illustrations. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Near fine condition in near fine dust jacket. All books mailed in heavy cardboard boxes. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984.; Black-and-white illustrations; 8vo.; 250 pages; Signed by Author.