Reformations of the Body

Idolatry, Sacrifice, and Early Modern Theater

J. Waldron (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2013
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-03004-7 (ISBN)

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This project takes the human body and the bodily senses as joints that articulate new kinds of connections between church and theatre and overturns a longstanding notion about theatrical phenomenology in this period.

Jennifer Waldron is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

1. Dead Idols and Lively Images: A Genealogy of Protestant Iconoclasm 2. Sacrament and Theater: Shakespeare's Lawful Magic 3. Theatrical Authorship and Providential Bodies: The Case of Doctor Faustus 4. Revenge, Sacrifice, and Post-Reformation Theater: The Spanish Tragedy 5. Shakespeare and Revenge: The Anthropology of Sacrifice in Titus Andronicus and Othello 6. Virgin Martyrs and Sacrificial Sovereigns: Thomas Dekker's Politic Bodies 7. Epilogue:Iconoclastic Bodies and Literary Technique: Oldcastle to Milton

Reihe/Serie	Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700
Zusatzinfo	11 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 296 p. 11 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-137-03004-6 / 1137030046
ISBN-13	978-1-137-03004-7 / 9781137030047
Zustand	Neuware