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The Materiality of Religion in Early Modern English Drama (Paperback)
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The Materiality of Religion in Early Modern English Drama (Paperback)
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The Materiality of Religion in Early Modern English Drama is the
first book to present a detailed examination of early modern
theatrical properties informed by the complexity of
post-Reformation religious practice. Although English Protestant
reformers set out to destroy all vestiges of Catholic idolatry,
public theater companies frequently used stage properties to draw
attention to the remnants of traditional religion as well as the
persistent materiality of post-Reformation worship. The Materiality
of Religion in Early Modern English Drama explores the relationship
between popular culture and theatrical performance by considering
the social history and dramatic function of these properties,
addressing their role as objects of devotion, idolatry, and
remembrance on the professional stage. Rather than being aligned
with identifiably Catholic or Protestant values, the author reveals
how religious stage properties functioned as fulcrums around which
more subtle debates about the status of Christian worship played
out. Given the relative lack of existing documentation on stage
properties, The Materiality of Religion in Early Modern English
Drama employs a wide range of source materials-including
inventories published in the Records of Early English Drama (REED)
volumes-to account for the material presence of these objects on
the public stage. By combining historical research on popular
religion with detailed readings of the scripts themselves, the book
fills a gap in our knowledge about the physical qualities of the
stage properties used in early modern productions. Tracing the
theater's appropriation of highly charged religious properties, The
Materiality of Religion in Early Modern English Drama provides a
new framework for understanding the canonization of early modern
plays, especially those of Shakespeare.
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