Early Modern Drama and the Bible: Contexts and Readings, 1570-1625 (Early Modern Literature in History)
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Hardcover. Early modern drama is steeped in biblical language, imagery and stories. This collection examines the pervasive presence of scripture on the early modern stage. Exploring plays by writers such as Shakespeare, Marlowe, Middleton, and Webster, the contributors show how theatre offers a site of public and communal engagement with the Bible. Editor(s): Streete, Adrian. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Early modern drama is steeped in biblical language, imagery and stories. This collection examines the pervasive presence of scripture on the early modern stage. Exploring plays by writers such as Shakespeare, Marlowe, Middleton, and Webster, the contributors show how theatre offers a site of public and communal engagement with the Bible.
Early modern drama is steeped in biblical language, imagery and stories. This collection examines the pervasive presence of scripture on the early modern stage. Exploring plays by writers such as Shakespeare, Marlowe, Middleton, and Webster, the contributors show how theatre offers a site of public and communal engagement with the Bible.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Early Modern Literature in History
Number of Pages
267
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230301092
SKU
V9780230301092
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99-15
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PATRICIA CANNING Postdoctoral Teaching Assistant in the School of English, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland DERMOT CAVANAGH Senior Lecturer in English, Department of English Literature, University of Edinburgh, UK PAUL CEFALU Associate Professor of English, Department of English, Lafayette College, USA MICHAEL DAVIES Senior Lecturer in English, School of English, University of Liverpool, UK BEATRICE GROVES Lecturer in Renaissance ... Read more
Reviews for Early Modern Drama and the Bible: Contexts and Readings, 1570-1625 (Early Modern Literature in History)
"This confident and seductive collection of essays is alive with a sense of the transformative power of performance. By inviting us to think about the Bible as stage property, philosophical concept, and as linguistic intervention, it establishes a bold new scholarly landscape for understanding early modern material, spiritual, and theatrical cultures." Julie Sanders, University of Nottingham, UK ... Read more