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UNINA9910973626203321 |
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Autore |
Corey Paul <1968-> |
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Titolo |
Messiahs and Machiavellians : depicting evil in the modern theatre / / Paul Corey |
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Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (375 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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European drama - History and criticism |
Good and evil in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-338) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS AND TEXTUAL NOTES -- Preface: Revaluating Modernity -- Introduction: Theatre and Evil in the Shadow of the "Death Event" -- Part 1: Evil inTwentieth-Century Theatre -- 1. Eschatology and the Absurd -- 2. The Gnostic Caesar -- 3. Messianism and the Age of Senility -- Epilogue -- Part 2: Evil in Renaissance Theatre -- 4. Expediency and the Machiavel -- 5. Evil and Virtue in Mandragola -- 6. The "Fantastical Duke of Dark Corners" -- Epilogue -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An innovative exploration of "modern evil" in works of early- and late-modern theatre, focusing on ethics, religion, and aesthetics that speak to our present condition. |
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