Church and Stage in Victorian England

ISBN-13: 9780521453202 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 278 str.

Richard Foulkes

Opis

Queen Victoria was both Supreme Head of the Church of England and an ardent playgoer. At the beginning of her reign considerable antagonism existed between the Church and the theater, but by the end the reconciliation was almost complete. This book explores the process in terms of trends in religious thought (the Oxford Movement and Christian-Socialism), other contemporary developments such as urbanization, education and women's emancipation and the principal protagonists: clergymen, dramatists, actors and actresses.

Recenzje

'… full of relishable detail'. The Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introit; 1. Heralds of change; 2. Censure and censorship; 3. Two professions; 4. Clerical attitudes; 5 Self-improvement; 6. Shakespeare; 7. From Passion Play to pantomime; 8. The ancient universities; 9. Actresses; 10. Headlam, hell and Hole; 11. Henry Arthur Jones and Wilson Barrett; 12. Henry Irving; Epilogue; References; Index.