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This is the first book-length study of the relationship between early modern drama and sacramental ritual and theology. It examines dramatic forms, such as morality plays. Offering new insights into the religious practices on which early modern subjectivity is founded. Coleman offers radical new way...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coleman, David (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Series:Early modern literature in history.
Subjects:
Literature.
Cultural History.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Early Modern Europe.
Social History.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Civilization > History.
Literature, Modern.
Social history.
Theater.
Europe > History-1492-
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This is the first book-length study of the relationship between early modern drama and sacramental ritual and theology. It examines dramatic forms, such as morality plays. Offering new insights into the religious practices on which early modern subjectivity is founded. Coleman offers radical new ways of reading canonical Renaissance plays.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 180 pages)
ISBN:9780230589643
DOI:10.1057/9780230589643