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Staging the superstitions of early modern Europe / edited by Verena Theile [and] Andrew McCarthy.
- Format:
- Book
- 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.
- Superstition in literature.
- Superstition--Europe--History.
- Superstition.
- Religion and drama.
- Theater--England--History.
- Theater.
- Supernatural in literature.
- English drama--17th century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (309 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Engaging with fiction and history- and reading both genres as texts permeated with early modern anxieties, desires and apprehensions- this collection scrutinizes the historical intersection of early modern European superstitions and English stage literature. By highlighting the connection between historical-literary and literary-dramatic culture, this volume tests and explores the current scholarly theory that performance opened the way to disbelief.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Early modern superstitions : religion, reformation, and the history of fear
- pt. 2. Witchcraft on trial
- pt. 3. Stage dissections.
- Notes:
- "First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4094-7430-5
- 1-317-05068-1
- 1-317-05067-3
- 1-315-61055-8
- 1-283-90196-X
- 1-4094-4009-5
- OCLC:
- 823720095
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