John Kuhn

Making Pagans

Theatrical Practice and Comparative Religion in Early Modern England

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Produktbeschreibung

"This book recovers the spectacular scenes of "pagan" religion that filled England's theaters in the seventeenth century. Recycled across many plays, these iconic set-pieces became stereotyped and widely applied to a whole set of cultural and geographic sites, both ancient and modern, beyond the Abrahamic religions"--Publisher's description.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781512825091
• ISBN-10: 1512825093
• Artikelnr.: 69927185

Autorenporträt

John Kuhn is Assistant Professor of English at Binghamton University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction. English Theatrical Practice and the Uses of Pagan Homology
Chapter 1. "The Tricks of the Pagan Priests": Staging Prophetic Altars from
Sejanus to The Widow Ranter
Chapter 2. "I Could Not Triumph If These Were Not My Slaves": Staging the
Pagan Triumph from The Wounds of Civil War to The Indian Queen
Chapter 3. The Magician in His Study: Staging Pagan Textuality from Doctor
Faustus to The Indian Emperour
Chapter 4. "I Come to Thee!": Staging Reunion Suicides and Pagan Heavens
from Tamburlaine to Oroonoko
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments