The Idolatrous Eye: Iconoclasm and Theater in Early-Modern EnglandOxford University Press, 13/01/2000 - 208 páginas This study argues that the century after the Reformation saw a crisis in the way that Europeans expressed their religious experience. Focusing specifically on how this crisis affected the drama of England, O'Connell shows that Reformation culture was preoccupied with idolatry and that the theater was frequently attacked as idolatrous. This anti-theatricalism notably targeted the traditional cycles of mystery plays--a type of vernacular, popular biblical theater that from a modern perspective would seem ideally suited to advance the Reformation project. The Idolatrous Eye provides a wide perspective on iconoclasm in the sixteenth century, and in so doing, helps us to understand why this biblical theater was found transgressive and what this meant for the secular theater that followed. |
Índice
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Theater and the Devils Teats | 14 |
Word against Image The Context of Iconoclasm | 36 |
Gods Body and Incarnational Drama | 63 |
The Textualization of Gods Body | 89 |
Let the Audience Look to Their Eyes Jonson and Shakespeare | 116 |
Notes | 145 |
Bibliography | 177 |
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The Idolatrous Eye: Iconoclasm and Theater in Early-modern England Michael O'Connell Pré-visualização limitada - 2000 |
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