Martyrs and players in early modern England : tragedy, religion and violence on stage / David K. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, David K., 1978- author.

Series:

Studies in performance and early modern drama.

Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English drama.

English drama--17th century--History and criticism.

English drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

English drama (Tragedy).

Violence in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, John Webster and John Milton, Martyrs and Players in Early Modern England argues that the English tragedians reflected an unease within the culture to acts of religious violence. David Anderson explores a link between the unstable emotional response of society to religious executions in the Tudor-Stuart period, and the revival of tragic drama as a major cultural form for the first time since classical antiquity.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Tragedy and Religious Violence in Early Modern England; 1 Violence against the Sacred: Martyrdom and the Doctrine of the Persecuted Church; 2 The Tragedy of Gravity: William Shakespeare's King Lear; 3 Tragic Participation: John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi; 4 Tragic Complicity: Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus; 5 Tragic Ambivalence: John Milton's Samson Agonistes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-59406-4

1-317-10015-8

1-317-10014-X

1-4724-2829-3

9781315594064

OCLC:

880531243