Messiahs and Machiavellians : depicting evil in the modern theatre / / Paul Corey
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809.2/9353 |
| Soggetto topico: | European drama - History and criticism |
| Good and evil in literature | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-338) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Messiahs and Machiavellians |
| ISBN: | 9780268076818 |
| 0268076812 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910973626203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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