Making Pagans

Auteur

John Kuhn is Assistant Professor of English at Binghamton University.

Texte du rabat

"This book recovers the spectacular scenes of "pagan" religion that filled England's theaters in the seventeenth century. Recycled across many plays, these iconic set-pieces became stereotyped and widely applied to a whole set of cultural and geographic sites, both ancient and modern, beyond the Abrahamic religions"--Publisher's description.

Contenu

Contents
Introduction. English Theatrical Practice and the Uses of Pagan Homology
Chapter 1. "The Tricks of the Pagan Priests": Staging Prophetic Altars from Sejanus to The Widow Ranter
Chapter 2. "I Could Not Triumph If These Were Not My Slaves": Staging the Pagan Triumph from The Wounds of Civil War to The Indian Queen
Chapter 3. The Magician in His Study: Staging Pagan Textuality from Doctor Faustus to The Indian Emperour
Chapter 4. "I Come to Thee!": Staging Reunion Suicides and Pagan Heavens from Tamburlaine to Oroonoko
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments