The Play of Paradox : Stage and Sermon in Renaissance England / Bryan Crockett
1995, 1st edition. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #387960
ISBN: 9780812233162
Physical description; 213 pp. Contents; 1. Introduction: Bucer's Round Church and Shakespeare's "Wooden O"-The Circulation of the Reformation Sermon and the Renaissance Play -- Part I: Polemics and Irenics at Paul's Cross -- 2. The Pulpit Performance and the Two-Edged Sword -- 3. "Holy Cozenage" and the Renaissance Cult of the Ear -- Part II: Comic Edification and Inclusion -- 4. Satire and Social Structure -- 5. "Strange Tempests": The Rhetoric of Judgment in Field and Shakespeare -- Part III: Tragedy: Watershed and Confluence -- 6. The Mist and the Wilderness: Protestant Paradox in Gifford and Webster -- 7. Donne in on Shakespeare's Stage: The Theology and Theatrics of Renaissance Dying -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects; Geschichte 1500-1700. Christianity and literature England History 16th century. English drama 17th century History and criticism. Preaching England History 16th century.
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