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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 |
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