Devil Theatre: Demonic Possession and Exorcism in English Renaissance Drama, 1558-1642DS Brewer, 2007 - 220 páginas The so-called "Devil Theatre" is here set against its context of non-dramatic texts on possession and exorcism, providing many new insights. Representations of demonic possession and exorcism rituals abound in English Renaissance drama, an area which this book seeks to illuminate by comparison with non-dramatic works. The author investigates stage images of possessionin relation to a range of early modern demonological, theological and medical prose texts on the subject, looking specifically at how the theatre responded to these texts. He argues that the stage appropriated debates over demonicpossession to explore the competing roles of the inner life and the body in early modern definitions of selfhood. The theatre also employed the contemporary controversy over possession and exorcism to investigate the politics ofreligion, and to consider the nature of monarchic power. Moreover, because demonic possession cases and exorcism rituals were frequently dismissed by conformist writers as a piece of theatre, they offered an opportunity to reflecton the nature of drama and role-playing. JAN FRANS VAN DIJKHUIZEN is lecturer and research fellow at the University of Leiden. |
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... Popular Witchcraft Beliefs Poor and Envious Witchcraft : Demonology and The Masque of Queens II2 123 127 132 A Most Miraculous Work : Macbeth and Demonological Scepticism 139 Conclusion 150 CHAPTER THREE : POSSESSION , EXORCISM AND ...
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Contenido
POSSESSION AND SELFHOOD | 32 |
EXORCISM AND THE POLITICS OF RELIGION | 96 |
49 | 102 |
68 | 110 |
87 | 116 |
Possession in Volpone and The Devil Is an | 123 |
Macbeth and Demonological Scepticism | 139 |
Conclusion | 150 |
POSSESSION EXORCISM AND THEATRE | 153 |
CONCLUSION | 187 |
193 | |
213 | |
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