The idolatrous eye :: iconoclasm and theater in early-modern England /

Michael O'Connell shows that Reformation culture was preoccupied with idolatry and that the theatre was attacked as idolatrous. This anti-theatricalism targeted the traditional mystery plays. The text aims to explain what this meant for the secular theatre that followed.

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1. Verfasser: O'Connell, Michael, 1943-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Zusammenfassung:Michael O'Connell shows that Reformation culture was preoccupied with idolatry and that the theatre was attacked as idolatrous. This anti-theatricalism targeted the traditional mystery plays. The text aims to explain what this meant for the secular theatre that followed.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 198 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-187) and index.
ISBN:1423729161
9781423729167
0195344022
9780195344028
019513205X
9780195132052

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