The devil and the sacred in English drama, 1350-1642 /
John Cox tells the intriguing story of stage devils from their earliest appearance in English plays to the closing of the theatres by parliamentary order in 1642. The book spans both medieval and Renaissance drama from the Mystery cycles through to plays by Greene, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Midd...
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Acesso em linha: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=77696 |
Sumário:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Stage devils and oppositional thinking; CHAPTER TWO The devil and the sacred in the English mystery plays; CHAPTER THREE Stage devils and sacramental community in non-cycle plays; CHAPTER FOUR Stage devils and early social satire; CHAPTER FIVE Protestant devils and the new community; CHAPTER SIX The devils of "Dr. Faustus"; CHAPTER SEVEN Reacting to Marlowe; CHAPTER EIGHT The devil and the sacred on the Shakespearean stage: theatre and belief; CHAPTER NINE Traditional morality and magical thinking.