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The Masons and the Mysteries in 18th Century Drama - Three Masonic Comedies: Pierre Clement, Les Fri-macons; Carlo Goldoni, Le Donne Curiose; Francesco Griselini, I Liberi Muratori (Hardcover)
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The Masons and the Mysteries in 18th Century Drama - Three Masonic Comedies: Pierre Clement, Les Fri-macons; Carlo Goldoni, Le Donne Curiose; Francesco Griselini, I Liberi Muratori (Hardcover)
Series: Trends in Classics - Pathways of Reception
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The fathers of modern freemasonry sought a classical pedigree for
their rituals and forms of association. This volume offers the
first academic study of how freemasons writing in the first half of
the 18th century deployed their knowledge of antiquity to bolster
this claim and how the creative literature of the period reflected
their ideas. The scholarly investigation of freemasonry is a
relatively new phenomenon. The writings of active freemasons tend
either to generate new masonic myths or to focus on the minutiae of
insignia, rank, and ritual. Only in the last 50 years have
non-masons given serious thought to freemasonry as a social
practice and to its place within the intellectual and political
life of Enlightenment Europe and beyond. Study of masonic elements
in literary texts lags much further behind. This volume offers the
first English translations of three mid-18th century comedies on
female curiosity about this exclusively male order and shows how
they reflect contemporary attempts to forge a link with ancient
mystery cult. The theatrical aspect of masonic ritual and the
ancient mysteries is examined in depth. This volume opens up
important new ground in classical reception and 18th century
theatre history.
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