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“Pictorial boards and book's interior in near fine condition. Playing the Martyr is a book about the ...
Country of Origin
United States
Vintage
No
Intended Audience
Adults
Inscribed
No
Edition
First Edition
Book Title
Playing the Martyr: Theater and Theology in Early Modern France (
Era
2010s
Genre
Historical
Personalized
No
Signed
No
Personalize
No
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Original Language
English
ISBN
9781611488036
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1611488036
ISBN-13
9781611488036
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234430427

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
198 Pages
Publication Name
Playing the Martyr : Theater and Theology in Early Modern France
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Subject
Theater / General, Drama, European / French, Theater / History & Criticism
Type
Textbook
Author
Christopher Semk
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Performing Arts
Series
Scènes Francophones Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2016-049387
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction: A Christian Melpomene? Chapter 1: The Separation of Church and Stage Chapter 2: The Spectacle of Martyrdom and the Spectacle of the Stage Chapter 3: "Ex histrionis martyr factus:" Genesius, Acting, and Martyrdom Chapter 4: Polyeucte, martyr and Corneille's Sacramental Poetics Epilogue: Theater and Theology at the Threshold of Modernity Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Playing the Martyr is the first English-language book devoted to the productive encounter between theater and religion in early modern France. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Playing the Martyr investigates how early modern playwrights and critics engaged with religion both on stage and off in order to reflect on the nature of theater., Playing the Martyr is a book about the interplay between theater and religion in early modern France. Challenging the standard narrative of modernity as a process of increased secularization Christopher Semk demonstrates the centrality of religious thought and practices to the development of neoclassical poetics. Engaging with a broad corpus of religious plays, poetic treatises, devotional literature, and contemporary theory, Semk shows that religion was a vital interlocutor in early modern discussions concerning the definition of verisimilitude, the nature and purpose of spectacle, the mechanics of acting, and the position of the spectator. Well researched and persuasively argued, Playing the Martyr makes the case for a more complicated approach to the relationship between religion and literature, namely, one that does not treat religion as a theme deployed within literary works, but as an active player in literary invention. Indeed, it makes the case for a serious reconsideration of the role that religion plays in the development of modern, secular literary forms.
LC Classification Number
PN2632.S46 2017

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