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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450303603321

Autore

O'Connell Michael <1943->

Titolo

The idolatrous eye [[electronic resource] ] : iconoclasm and theater in early-modern England / / Michael O'Connell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-280-47287-1

9786610472871

0-19-534402-2

1-4237-2916-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

792/.0942/09031

Soggetti

Theater - England - History - 16th century

Theater - England - History - 17th century

Theater - Religious aspects

Bible plays - History and criticism

English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism

European drama - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; ONE: Theater and the Devil's Teats; TWO: Word against Image: The Context of Iconoclasm; THREE: God's Body and Incarnational Drama; FOUR: The Textualization of God's Body; FIVE: ""Let the Audience Look to Their Eyes"": Jonson and Shakespeare; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Michael O'Connell shows that Reformation culture was preoccupied with idolatry and that the theatre was attacked as idolatrous. This anti-theatricalism targeted the traditional mystery plays. The text aims to explain what this meant for the secular theatre that followed.