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 88
... godly religion , and that among the people there are many remnants of the old . They keep holy days and fasts abrogated , they offer money , eggs , etc. at the burial of their dead : they pray on beads , etc .: so as this seemeth to be ...
... godly religion , and that among the people there are many remnants of the old . They keep holy days and fasts abrogated , they offer money , eggs , etc. at the burial of their dead : they pray on beads , etc .: so as this seemeth to be ...
Page 90
... godly among Reformed took such ration for ' rationality ' is clear . We have noted already Thomas Browne's uneasy refrain from the ' over - mourning ' of prayer , but he was not alone . As Houlbrooke notes , Puritans such as Simmonds D ...
... godly among Reformed took such ration for ' rationality ' is clear . We have noted already Thomas Browne's uneasy refrain from the ' over - mourning ' of prayer , but he was not alone . As Houlbrooke notes , Puritans such as Simmonds D ...
Page 91
... mark both of ' heathens ' and of Christians who are not ' true ' , such truth being discerned through a ' reason ' we shall notice as ' godly ' . However , as Patricia Phillippy observes generally , to Reformed writers ' the.
... mark both of ' heathens ' and of Christians who are not ' true ' , such truth being discerned through a ' reason ' we shall notice as ' godly ' . However , as Patricia Phillippy observes generally , to Reformed writers ' the.
Page 92
... godliness ' , however , clarifies this further . The historical connotations of ' godly ' are Reformed , ' the godly ' denoting a religious style and Reformed social identity , but the O.E.D. suggests that ' godliness ' is integral to ...
... godliness ' , however , clarifies this further . The historical connotations of ' godly ' are Reformed , ' the godly ' denoting a religious style and Reformed social identity , but the O.E.D. suggests that ' godliness ' is integral to ...
Page 93
... godly ' implies that godliness entails a specific style of sorrowing ( the Authorized Version brings this out in ' ye were made sorry after a godly manner ' ) . Specifically , moreover , the godly ' manner ' is restricted to one that ...
... godly ' implies that godliness entails a specific style of sorrowing ( the Authorized Version brings this out in ' ye were made sorry after a godly manner ' ) . Specifically , moreover , the godly ' manner ' is restricted to one that ...
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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