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Apocalypse and anti-Catholicism in seventeenth-century English drama
- Title
- Apocalypse and anti-Catholicism in seventeenth-century English drama / Adrian Streete, University of Glasgow.
- Author
- Streete, Adrian
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- xi, 289 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- This book examines the many and varied uses of apocalyptic and anti-Catholic language in seventeenth-century English drama. Adrian Streete argues that this rhetoric is not simply an expression of religious bigotry, nor is it only deployed at moments of political crisis. Rather, it is an adaptable and flexible language with national and international implications. It offers a measure of cohesion and order in a volatile century. By rethinking the relationship between theatre, theology and polemic, Streete shows how playwrights exploited these connections for a diverse range of political ends. Chapters focus on playwrights like Marston, Middleton, Massinger, Shirley, Dryden and Lee, and on a range of topics including imperialism, reason of state, commerce, prostitution, resistance, prophecy, church reform and liberty. Drawing on important recent work in religious and political history, this is a major re-interpretation of how and why religious ideas are debated in the early modern theatre.
- Subjects
- Religion and literature
- Anti-Catholicism
- English drama
- Antikatholizismus
- History
- Religion and literature > England > History > 17th century
- Apocalypse in literature
- England
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Antikatholizismus > Motiv
- Drama
- Anti-Catholicism in literature
- Anti-Catholicism > England > History > 17th century
- Weltuntergang > Motiv
- Frühneuenglisch
- 1600-1699
- English drama > 17th century > History and criticism
- Englisch
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-10380
- ISBN
- 9781108416146
- 1108416144
- LCCN
- 2017010267
- 40027547831
- OCLC
- 982091924
- Author
- Streete, Adrian, author.
- Title
- Apocalypse and anti-Catholicism in seventeenth-century English drama / Adrian Streete, University of Glasgow.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1600-1699
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40027547831
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-10380