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The idolatrous eye : iconoclasm and theater in Early-Modern England / Michael O'Connell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Connell, Michael, 1943- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--England--History--16th century.
- Theater.
- Theater--England--History--17th century.
- Theater--Religious aspects.
- Bible plays--History and criticism.
- Bible plays.
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- European drama--Renaissance, 1450-1600--History and criticism.
- European drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-187) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773956-3
- 1-280-47287-1
- 9786610472871
- 0-19-534402-2
- 1-4237-2916-1
- OCLC:
- 191942578
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