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1 online resource (261 pages) |
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Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture |
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Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture.
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| Contents |
Part, I Rules of reign -- The Enterlude of Godly Queene Hester -- chapter 1 Introduction / Chanita Goodblatt -- chapter 2 Debate and discourse / Chanita Goodblatt -- chapter 3 The carnivalesque and wisdom / Chanita Goodblatt -- part, II Birthright and blessing -- The Historie of Jacob and Esau -- chapter 4 Revelation and vision / Chanita Goodblatt -- chapter 5 Embodiment and language / Chanita Goodblatt -- part, III Passions and intrigues -- The Love of King David and Fair Bethsabe -- chapter 6 Parables of judgment and justice / Chanita Goodblatt -- chapter 7 Epithalamium and elegy / Chanita Goodblatt |
| Summary |
"English Biblical drama of the sixteenth century resounds with a variety of Jewish and Christian voices. Whether embodied as characters or manifested as exegetical and performative strategies, these voices participate in the central Reformation project of biblical translation. Such translations and dramatic texts are certainly enriched by studying them within the wider context of medieval and early modern biblical scholarship, which is implemented in biblical translations, commentaries and sermons. This approach is one significant contribution of the present project, as it studies the reciprocal illumination of Bible and Drama. Chanita Goodblatt explores the way in which the interpretive cruxes in the biblical text generate the dramatic text and performance, as well as how the dramas enactment underlines the ethical and theological issues as the heart of the biblical text. By looking at English Reformation biblical drama through a double-edged prism of exegetical and performative perspectives, Goodblatt adds a new dimension to the existing discussion of the historical resonance of these plays. Jewish and Christian Voices in English Reformation Biblical Drama integrates Jewish and Christian exegetical traditions with the study of Reformation biblical drama. In doing so, this book recovers the interpretive and performative powers of both biblical and dramatic texts."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
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Bible plays, English -- History and criticism
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Bible plays, English
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317111061 |
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1317111060 |
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9781315590424 |
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1315590425 |
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