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The materiality of religion in early modern English drama / Elizabeth Williamson.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PN2590.R35 W56 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williamson, Elizabeth, 1976-
- Series:
- Studies in performance and early modern drama
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--England--History--16th century.
- Theater.
- England.
- History.
- Theater--England--History--17th century.
- Theater--Religious aspects.
- Religious articles in the theater.
- Idolatry in the theater.
- Theaters--England--Dramatic production--History--16th century.
- Theaters.
- Theaters--England--Dramatic production--History--17th century.
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- English drama--17th century--History and criticism.
- Religion in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2009]
- Contents:
- Introduction : Mere properties: the materiality of religious objects
- Things newly performed: tomb properties and the survival of the dramatic tradition
- The trappings of ceremony: setting the table and other theatrical practices
- Persistence and adaptation: staging the cross at home and abroad
- The performance of piety: book properties and the paradox of dematerialized devotion
- Coda : Unconsidered trifles: stage properties as theatrical relics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780754668275
- 0754668274
- 9780754694762
- 0754694763
- OCLC:
- 312443797
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