Drama and Religion

Volume 5
Herausgeber: Redmond, James

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Themes in Drama brings together articles and review about the dramatic and theatrical activity of a wide range of cultures and periods.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 547g
• ISBN-13: 9780521088695
• ISBN-10: 0521088690
• Artikelnr.: 24928547

Inhaltsangabe

Themes in Drama volumes and conferences
List of contributors
List of illustrations
Editor's preface
1. Chekhov's use of church ritual in Tatyana Repina John Racin
2. 'Merde pour Dieu!' Arrabal's variation on Pascal's bet Richard N. Coe
3. Providence by indirection in seventeenth-century tragicomedy Perry Gethner
4. The Methodist Church and the theatre in Canada, 1884¿1925 L. W. Conolly
5. Books for the unlearned Meg Twycross
6. Masques and shadows Roma Gill
7. D. H. Lawrence's David: drama as a vehicle for religious prophecy Mitzi M. Brunsdale
8. 'The mystery of things': the varieties of religious experience in modern American drama Thomas P. Adler
9. Drama and ritual Rainer Friedrich
10. Religion and Japanese drama Charles Dunn
Review Section: Productions: 11. God and embarrassment Paula Neuss
12. Ritual and reification: the Passion plays at Oberammergau and Eureka Springs, Arkansas Dana Sue McDermott
13. Rangda: archetype in action in Balinese dance-drama Stephen Snow
Books: 14. Was Congreve a Christian? Harold Love
Index.