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Forbidden matter : religion in the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries
- Title
- Forbidden matter : religion in the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries / Gerald M. Pinciss.
- Author
- Pinciss, G. M.
- Publication
- Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2000]
- ©2000
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Details
- Description
- 142 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Forbidden Matter examines some half dozen plays, written between the early 1590s and the early 1630s, to demonstrate how they reflect the religious controversies of their time. Religious issues were a topic of intense interest in early modern England, making them ideal for treatment in the theater. Differences among religious beliefs could provide the kinds of conflicts necessary for drama, and with their shock value as well as their topicality, such plays could attract a wide audience. Certainly for contemporary playgoers the works analyzed here were far too controversial to be considered merely light entertainment."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Contemporaries
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Religion
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- 1500-1699
- English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism
- Christianity and literature > England > History > 16th century
- Christianity and literature > England > History > 17th century
- English drama > 17th century > History and criticism
- Christian drama, English > History and criticism
- Religion and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century
- Religion and literature > Great Britain > History > 16th century
- Religion in literature
- Christian drama, English
- Christianity and literature
- Contemporaries
- English drama
- English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan
- Religion
- Religion and literature
- Christianisme et littérature > Angleterre (GB) > 16e siècle
- Christianisme et littérature > Angleterre (GB) > Histoire > 17e siècle
- Théâtre religieux anglais > Histoire et critique
- England
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-138) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: religion and stage censorship -- Dr. Faustus and the religious controversy -- Measure for measure: saints' lives and "heavenly comforts" -- When you see me you know me and If you know not me you know nobody: Protestantism and Puritan propaganda -- Bartholomew Fair and Jonsonian tolerance -- Perkin Warbeck and the politics of 1632 -- Conclusion: "Where truth is hid."
- ISBN
- 0874137063
- 9780874137064
- LCCN
- 99038700
- OCLC
- ocm41977149
- 41977149
- SCSB-1130000
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library