Buhnenpuritaner : Zum Verhaltnis von Puritanern und Theater im England der Fruhen Neuzeit / Enno Ruge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruge, Enno.

Series:

Pluralisierung & Autoritat ; Bd. 24.

Pluralisierung & Autoritat, 2076-8281 ; Bd. 24

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Theater--Great Britain--History.

Theater.

Puritans--England.

Puritans.

Theater--Moral and ethical aspects.

Theater--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, 2011.

Language Note:

German

Summary:

The aim of this study is a revision of the hitherto prevailing conceptions of the relationship between the Puritans and the theater in England during the Early Modern Age in several fields of research. The study focuses on representations of the Puritans in drama and correlates them to other text evidence (such as sermons, pamphlets, petitions, letters and autobiographical documents). Instead of the still current reductive, dichotomous picture of the opposition of players and Puritans, a dynamic process of reciprocal dependencies and exchange becomes visible. The study reveals a historically v

Contents:

Frontmatter

Inhalt

Vorwort

Verzeichnis der Abbildungen

Einleitung

1. "For if you seeke after the Puritans, these they bee": Die Family of Love

2. Visible Saints: gemäßigte Puritaner und radikale Separatisten

3. In suburbia: Puritaner unter Theater am südlichen Stadtrand

4. Within the Walls: Theater und Puritaner in der City: St Paul's

5. Within the Walls: Theater und Puritaner in der City: Blackfriars

6. Showdown im Theater: Bartholomew Fair

Schlussbemerkungen

Bibliographie

Namensregister

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-43029-0

9786613430298

3-11-025829-3

OCLC:

748503378