Martyrs and players in early modern England : tragedy, religion and violence on stage /
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Author / Creator: | Anderson, David K., 1978- |
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Imprint: | Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2014] |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in performance and early modern drama Studies in performance and early modern drama. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11229904 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Tragedy and Religious Violence in Early Modern England; 1 Violence against the Sacred: Martyrdom and the Doctrine of the Persecuted Church; 2 The Tragedy of Gravity: William Shakespeare's King Lear; 3 Tragic Participation: John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi; 4 Tragic Complicity: Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus; 5 Tragic Ambivalence: John Milton's Samson Agonistes; Bibliography; Index.