Christopher Semk

Playing the Martyr

Theater and Theology in Early Modern France

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Playing the Martyr is the first English-language book devoted to the productive encounter between theater and religion in early modern France. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Playing the Martyr investigates how early modern playwrights and critics engaged with religion both on stage and off in order to reflect on the nature of theater.

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Produktdetails

• Scènes Francophones
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9781611488036
• ISBN-10: 1611488036
• Artikelnr.: 45809165

Autorenporträt

By Christopher Semk

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction: A Christian Melpomene? Chapter 1: The
Separation of Church and Stage Chapter 2: The Spectacle of Martyrdom and
the Spectacle of the Stage Chapter 3: "Ex histrionis martyr factus:"
Genesius, Acting, and Martyrdom Chapter 4: Polyeucte, martyr and
Corneille's Sacramental Poetics Epilogue: Theater and Theology at the
Threshold of Modernity Bibliography Index