Performances of the Sacred in Late Medieval and Early Modern England (Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ... & Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft)
Contributors: Tobias Doring (Editor); Susanne Rupp (Editor)
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: March 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9789042018051
Subjects: Literary studies: general; English
First sentence: The sacred is generally defined with reference to its opposite.
Description: "Through critical readings of central texts and authors - such as Sir Gawain, Foxe, Sidney, Shakespeare, Donne, or Vaughan - as well as less canonical examples - the Croxton play, Buchanan, Lanyer, Wroth, or the tobacco pamphlets - the twelve contributions all engage with the crucial question how, and to what end, performances of the sacred affect, or effect, cultural transformation."--BOOK JACKET.