Revenge Tragedy and the Drama of Commemoration in Reforming EnglandRoutledge, 2016 M12 5 - 176 pages Considering major works by Kyd, Shakespeare, Middleton and Webster among others, this book transforms current understanding of early modern revenge tragedy. Examing the genre in light of historical revisions to England's Reformations, and with appropriate regard to the social history of the dead, it shows revenge tragedy is not an anti-Catholic and Reformist genre, but one rooted in, and in dialogue with, traditional Catholic culture. Arguing its tragedies are bound to the age's funerary performances, it provides a new view of the contemporary theatre and especially its role in the religious upheavals of the period. |
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Page 78
... Christian memorials as living , Calvinism - by 1600 the ' characteristic theology ' of the English Church11 did not . For Calvinists , Christian memory was of the past : neither ' present ' nor ' alive ' . But in memorials of Christ ...
... Christian memorials as living , Calvinism - by 1600 the ' characteristic theology ' of the English Church11 did not . For Calvinists , Christian memory was of the past : neither ' present ' nor ' alive ' . But in memorials of Christ ...
Page 79
... Christian body.12 Death and dying being fraught with ritual and ' social performance ' , 13 traditional , Christian remembrance of the dead entailed repeated performances of prayerful memory , themselves considered effective aids to the ...
... Christian body.12 Death and dying being fraught with ritual and ' social performance ' , 13 traditional , Christian remembrance of the dead entailed repeated performances of prayerful memory , themselves considered effective aids to the ...
Page 80
... Christian they tie alone to the minister , whereby prayer for the dead is maintained ... We say nothing of the threefold peale , bicause that is rather licensed by Injunction than commaunded in their book [ of Common Prayer ] ; nor of ...
... Christian they tie alone to the minister , whereby prayer for the dead is maintained ... We say nothing of the threefold peale , bicause that is rather licensed by Injunction than commaunded in their book [ of Common Prayer ] ; nor of ...
Page 86
... Christian religion ' . Accounts such as that noted previously of the Bishop of Carlisle , in 1629 , exemplify the performance of ' superstition ' being suppressed at funerals by protestant activists . - were 160 A decisive historical ...
... Christian religion ' . Accounts such as that noted previously of the Bishop of Carlisle , in 1629 , exemplify the performance of ' superstition ' being suppressed at funerals by protestant activists . - were 160 A decisive historical ...
Page 89
... Christian friends ' ( significantly not , notice , ' mourners ' ) ' which accompany the dead body to the place appointed for public burial ' must ' apply themselves to meditations and conferences suitable to the occasion ' ruled out ...
... Christian friends ' ( significantly not , notice , ' mourners ' ) ' which accompany the dead body to the place appointed for public burial ' must ' apply themselves to meditations and conferences suitable to the occasion ' ruled out ...
Contents
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Revenge and the Melodrama of Mourning in The Spanish Tragedy | |
Titus Andronicus and Hamlet | |
Conclusion | |
Index | |
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Andrea anti-Catholic Antonio's Revenge Atheist's Tragedy blood Bosola Brachiano Broude Broude's Broudian burial bury Cambridge University Press Catholic Catholicism ceremony Charlemont Children of Paul's Christian church claim commemorative condemnation considered contemporary controversy corpse Cressy D'Amville D'Amville's death discussion dishonoured drama Duchess of Malfi Early Modern Elizabethan emerges emotion emphasis England English especially Ferdinand Flamineo funeral funerary genre ghost godly Goths grave grief Hamlet Hieronimo highlighting historical honour Horatio implies irony Isabella Kyd's Laertes Lavinia London Lucius Marcus memorial Montferrers monument Moreover mourning Mulryne murder observed Oxford Pandulpho Paul's Theatre performances of remembrance performed remembrance Piero Pigman play play's playhouse popish pray prayers presents Protestant Purgatory Puritan Reformed Reformist religio-political religion religious Renaissance revenge tragedy Revenger's Tragedy rite ritual Roman Roman Actor scene Shakespeare skull sorrow soul Spanish Tragedy stage style suggesting superstition Tamora tears theatre theatrical thou Titus Andronicus tomb traditional vengeance Vindice Vindice's Vittoria White Devil