Moral play and counterpublic : transformations in moral drama, 1465-1599 /

"In this study, Murakami overturns the misconception that popular English morality plays were simple medieval vehicles for disseminating conservative religious doctrine. On the contrary, Murakami finds that moral drama came into its own in the sixteenth century as a method for challenging norma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murakami, Ineke
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2011.
Colección:Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 18.
Temas:
1500-1600
Moralities, English > History and criticism.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
Literature and society > England > London > History > 16th century.
Christian drama, English > History and criticism.
Moralités anglaises > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre anglais > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 16e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Renaissance.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Christian drama, English
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan
Literature and society
Moralities, English
England > London
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : "public, scurrilous and profane" : moral drama 1465-1599
  • Mankind : publicizing the new guise
  • William Wager : monstrous ambition and the public weal
  • History as allegory : chronicle plays and the bid for public office
  • Rhetorical revolt : Marlowe's theater of the public enemy
  • Public judgment : the virtue of vice in Jonson's sin city
  • Epilogue : death comes to moral drama.

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