Horrid Spectacle Violation in the Theater of Early Modern England |
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| Author:
| Burks, Deborah G. |
| Series title: | Medieval and Renaissance Literary Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8207-0341-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2004 |
| Publisher: | Duquesne University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $70.00 |
Book Description:
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Literate and political early modern England was a socially diverse nation to which London's theaters contributed politically inflected art and entertainment; torture, murder, and infidelity were graphically depicted on the stage. This study of violation explores the connections between these theatrical representations and the use of violation imagery in a range of public and private discourses, from Protestant polemic, parliamentary legislation, and political pamphlets, to aristocratic...
More DescriptionLiterate and political early modern England was a socially diverse nation to which London's theaters contributed politically inflected art and entertainment; torture, murder, and infidelity were graphically depicted on the stage. This study of violation explores the connections between these theatrical representations and the use of violation imagery in a range of public and private discourses, from Protestant polemic, parliamentary legislation, and political pamphlets, to aristocratic letters, royalist fiction, and "regicidal" histories.