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Richmond, Velma Bourgeois was born on March 12, 1931 in New Orleans. Daughter of Harold Septime and Merle Mandart Bourgeois.
( The Middle English romance has elicited throughout the ...)
The Middle English romance has elicited throughout the centuries a curious mixture of indifference,hostile apprehension, and contempt that perhaps no other literature—except its most likely offspring, modern best-sellers—has provoked.
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(As one scholar put it, considering Shakespeare's chief po...)
As one scholar put it, considering Shakespeare's chief position in world literature, it is astonishing how much there still is to learn about him. Over the centuries, writers, actors, teachers and students have debated the Bard's early life and influences, the identity of the characters inhabiting his plays and poems, his family and the circumstances surrounding his death. In the same way, Shakespeare's true religious beliefs seem shrouded in mystery. In this book, the author discusses the roots of Shakespeare's dramatic traditions, the background of the Shakespeare and Arden families, and some of the religious conflicts of the day. She goes on to examine the surprisingly strong evidence, drawn primarily from Shakespeare's comedies and late romances themselves, for Shakespeare's true religious beliefs and practices.
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Important new historic and documentary evidence supports revised assessments of the English Reformation. They show the true richness of late-medieval Catholicism and indicate that shifts in religion, especially under Queen Elizabeth I, were the result of political, social, as well as economic changes rather than belief. On the other hand, especially in an age of considerable social upheaval, proof of an individual's religious conviction is unlikely. Nonetheless, this book establishes that William Shakespeare wrote with a Catholic "habit of mind" that found in medieval romance its most effective secular expression.
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Richmond, Velma Bourgeois was born on March 12, 1931 in New Orleans. Daughter of Harold Septime and Merle Mandart Bourgeois.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Louisiana State University, 1951. Master of Arts, Louisiana State University, 1952. BLitt, Oxford University, 1957.
Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1959. Doctor in human letters, Dominican School Philosophy and Theology, 2008.
English instructor Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1957—1958, Holy Names College, Oakland, California, 1958—1960, assistant professor English, 1960—1965, associate professor English, 1966—1968, professor English, 1968—1996, professor emeritus, since 1997, chairperson, English, speech, drama, 1970—1975, 1979, dean, academic affairs, 1980—1986, director Master of Arts program in English, 1987—1996.
( The Middle English romance has elicited throughout the ...)
(As one scholar put it, considering Shakespeare's chief po...)
( Important new historic and documentary evidence support...)
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Member of Modern Language Association, Early English Text Society, Arthurian Society, New Chaucer Society, Medieval Academy Christianity and Literature.
Married Hugh MacRae Richmond, August 9, 1958. Children: Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, Claire I.R. O'Mahony.