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The Idolatrous Eye
Michael O'Connell
其他書名
Iconoclasm and Theater in Early-Modern England
出版Oxford University Press, 2000-01-13
主題Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshLiterary Criticism / DramaHistory / Europe / Great Britain / General
ISBN01953440229780195344028
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rxmuqf7B2REC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This study argues that the century after the Reformation saw a crisis in the way that Europeans expressed their religious experience. Focusing specifically on how this crisis affected the drama of England, O'Connell shows that Reformation culture was preoccupied with idolatry and that the theater was frequently attacked as idolatrous. This anti-theatricalism notably targeted the traditional cycles of mystery plays--a type of vernacular, popular biblical theater that from a modern perspective would seem ideally suited to advance the Reformation project. The Idolatrous Eye provides a wide perspective on iconoclasm in the sixteenth century, and in so doing, helps us to understand why this biblical theater was found transgressive and what this meant for the secular theater that followed.