The idolatrous eye [[electronic resource] ] : iconoclasm and theater in early-modern England / / Michael O'Connell
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
O'Connell Michael <1943->
|
| Titolo: |
The idolatrous eye [[electronic resource] ] : iconoclasm and theater in early-modern England / / Michael O'Connell
|
| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 792/.0942/09031 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The idolatrous eye |
| ISBN: | 0-19-773956-3 |
| 1-280-47287-1 | |
| 9786610472871 | |
| 0-19-534402-2 | |
| 1-4237-2916-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783673103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |