History, Religion, and Violence: Cultural Contexts for Medieval and Renaissance English Drama
Department
Medieval Studies
Document Type
Book
Files
Description
Professor Davidson is concerned here to chart public theatrical display as a barometer of developments in the English Middle Ages and Renaissance. This book brings together twelve previously published articles on historical and religious aspects of the early English theatre as well as an original essay on Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus and the Papacy. Other essays on Renaissance drama focus on Shakespeare against the background of the political and religious crosscurrents of the time. The treatment of medieval drama is dealt with under two headings, the first of which treats sacred violence in the mysteries. The second presents investigations of the cultural contexts for early English drama, from analysis of the claim that the mystery plays were informed by the spirit of Carnival to the signs of Doomsday in the pageant wagons on the streets of Coventry and Chester and in analogous representations in the visual arts.
Call number in WMU's library
PR641 .D38 2002
ISBN
978-0860788829
Publication Date
6-28-2002
Publisher
Ashgate
City
Aldershot
Disciplines
English Language and Literature | Medieval Studies
Citation for published book
Davidson, Clifford. History, Religion, and Violence : Cultural Contexts for Medieval and Renaissance English Drama / Clifford Davidson. 2002. Print. Collected Studies ; 744.
Recommended Citation
Davidson, Clifford, "History, Religion, and Violence: Cultural Contexts for Medieval and Renaissance English Drama" (2002). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 444.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/444