Smith Matthew J. - Performance And Religion In Early Modern England Stage Cathedral Wagon Street - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: In Performance and Religion in Early Modern England Matthew J. Smith seeks to expand our view of the theatrical. By revealing the creative and phenomenal ways that performances reshaped religious material in early modern England he offers a more inclusive and integrative view of performance culture. Smith argues that early modern theatrical and religious practices are better understood through a comparative study of multiple performance types: not only commercial plays but also ballads jigs sermons pageants ceremonies and festivals. Our definition of performance culture is augmented by the ways these events looked sounded felt and even tasted to their audiences. This expanded view illustrates how the post - Reformation period utilized new capabilities brought about by religious change and continuity alike. Smith posits that theatrical practice at this time was acutely aware of its power not just to imitate but to work performatively and to create spaces where audiences could both imaginatively comprehend and immediately enact their social festive ethical and religious overtures. Each chapter in the book builds on the previous ones to form a cumulative overview of early modern performance culture. This book is unique in bringing this variety of performance types their archives venues and audiences together at the crossroads of religion and theater in early modern England. Scholars graduate and undergraduate students and those generally interested in the Renaissance will enjoy this book.
Title: Performance And Religion In Early Modern England Stage Cathedral Wagon Street
Author(s): Smith Matthew J.
Publisher: University Of Notre Dame Press
Barcode: 9780268104658
Pages: 402 Pages, 21 Halftones, Black And White
Publication Date: 12/15/2018
Series: ReFormations: Medieval and Early Modern
Category: Plays, Playscripts