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The idolatrous eye : iconoclasm and theater in Early-Modern England
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- Summary
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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.
Details
- Creator
- Michael O'Connell
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0197739563, 1280472871, 9786610472871, 0195344022, 1423729161, 019513205X
- OCLC
- ocn191942578, ocn871787202
- Previously issued in print: 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-187) and index.
- English
- 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
Subjects
- 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.