Rebecca Bailey

Staging the old faith

Queen Henrietta Maria and the theatre of Caroline England, 1625-1642

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines Caroline theatre as a space where the concerns of the English Roman Catholic community are staged. This title juxtaposes an analysis of Queen Henrietta Maria's performances which showcased to an elite audience her role as defender of English Catholics, against an exploration of how this community responded to such a startling vision.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9780719076732
• ISBN-10: 0719076730
• Artikelnr.: 25328898

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Bailey is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Liverpool John Moores University . Prior to this, she was employed by the BBC as a Broadcast Media Researcher

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Counter
Reformation politics and the Caroline stage 1. The public discourse of religion in Stuart England 2. James Shirley: the early texts, 1625
29 3. 'A case for conscience': Issues of allegiance and identity, 1630
33 4. William Davenant: the chimera of religious reunion, 1634
37 5. 'A broken time': The tempering of an international Catholicism, 1637
40 Conclusion