Staging the Superstitions of Early Modern Europe |
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| Author:
| Theile, Verna |
| Editor:
| McCarthy, Andrew D. |
| Series title: | Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4094-4009-3 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2013 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing, Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $124.95 |
Book Description:
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Engaging with fiction and history- and reading both genres as texts permeated with early modern anxieties, desires and apprehensions- this collection scrutinizes the historical intersection of early modern European superstitions and English stage literature. By highlighting the connection between historical-literary and literary-dramatic culture, this volume tests and explores the current scholarly theory that performance opened the way to disbelief.
Engaging with fiction and history- and reading both genres as texts permeated with early modern anxieties, desires and apprehensions- this collection scrutinizes the historical intersection of early modern European superstitions and English stage literature. By highlighting the connection between historical-literary and literary-dramatic culture, this volume tests and explores the current scholarly theory that performance opened the way to disbelief.