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Reformations of the body Idolatry, sacrifice, and early modern theater /

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.

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Main Authors: Waldron, Jennifer
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Early modern cultural studies series
Subjects:
English drama > History and criticism > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
Christianity and literature > History > 16th century > England
Theater > Religious aspects > Christianity
Human body in literature
Idolatry in literature
Sacrifice in literature
Theatre studies > c 1500 to c 1600 > England
Literary studies: plays & playwrights > c 1500 to c 1600 > England
Performing Arts
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137313126
Summary: 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.
"Waldron's book gives us a refreshing and new account of the relations between Protestantism and Renaissance theater. She makes human liveliness central to both Protestant accounts of the reformation of the body and to the plays of Kyd, Marlowe, and especially Shakespeare. Taking issue with recent accounts of disenchantment and secularization she shows how Protestantism intensified rather than rejected some of the Christological and incarnational aesthetic theologies of Catholicism. This book deserves a very broad readership and will constitute an important contribution to current interests
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137030047, 2013.
Carrier Form: 316 p. : 11 b&w, ill.
ISBN: 9781137030047
9781137313126 :
1137313129 :
CLC: J8
Contents: 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.

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