History, Religion, and Violence: Cultural Contexts for Medieval and Renaissance English Drama

Clifford Davidson

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Renaissance Literature and Culture Medieval Literature and History Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies

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Contents: Preface Religious and historical crosscurrents in Renaissance drama: Marlowe, the Papacy, and Doctor Faustus The History of King Lear and the problem of belief The anxiety of power and Shakespeare's Macbeth Antony and Cleopatra: Circe, Venus, and the Whore of Babylon Sacred violence and the mysteries: Cain in the Mysteries: the iconography of violence The sacrifice of Isaac in medieval English drama Nudity, the body, and early English drama Sacred blood and the late medieval stage Cultural contexts for early drama: Carnival, Lent, and early English drama The medieval stage and the antitheatrical prejudice Idol and image in late medieval art and drama Saints in play: English theater and saints' lives Signs of Doomsday in drama and art Index.

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