03242nam 2200709 450 991081127100332120230120042219.01-315-59406-41-317-10015-81-317-10014-X1-4724-2829-3(CKB)3710000000114012(EBL)1692796(SSID)ssj0001194279(PQKBManifestationID)11704663(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001194279(PQKBWorkID)11148270(PQKB)10437465(Au-PeEL)EBL1692796(CaPaEBR)ebr10872454(CaONFJC)MIL922449(OCoLC)880531243(Au-PeEL)EBL5293914(CaONFJC)MIL632504(OCoLC)880419438(MiAaPQ)EBC1692796(MiAaPQ)EBC5293914(EXLCZ)99371000000011401220140529h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMartyrs and players in early modern England tragedy, religion and violence on stage /David K. AndersonSurrey, England ;Burlington, Vermont :Ashgate,2014.©20141 online resource (252 p.)Studies in Performance and Early Modern DramaDescription based upon print version of record.1-4724-2828-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Tragedy and Religious Violence in Early Modern England; 1 Violence against the Sacred: Martyrdom and the Doctrine of the Persecuted Church; 2 The Tragedy of Gravity: William Shakespeare's King Lear; 3 Tragic Participation: John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi; 4 Tragic Complicity: Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus; 5 Tragic Ambivalence: John Milton's Samson Agonistes; Bibliography; IndexFocusing on Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, John Webster and John Milton, Martyrs and Players in Early Modern England argues that the English tragedians reflected an unease within the culture to acts of religious violence. David Anderson explores a link between the unstable emotional response of society to religious executions in the Tudor-Stuart period, and the revival of tragic drama as a major cultural form for the first time since classical antiquity.Studies in performance and early modern drama.English dramaEarly modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600History and criticismEnglish drama17th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish drama (Tragedy)History and criticismViolence in literatureEnglish dramaHistory and criticism.English dramaHistory and criticism.English drama (Tragedy)History and criticism.Violence in literature.822/.05120903Anderson David K.1978-1707594MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811271003321Martyrs and players in early modern England4095954UNINA