The Theatre of Martyrdom: Performing Piety in 1640s France

ISBN-13: 9781800797338 / Angielski

Charles Stone

Opis

This study examines the genre of tragedy through the lens of one of its most curious manifestations: the martyr play. The author examines a broad corpus of seventeeth-century French plays including both male- and female-authored tragedy, showing that the genre should be integral to understanding tragedy in early modern France.

Spis treści

Contents: Christian discourse and 'pastoral power' - Martyrological discourse - The ritualization of language - Kenosis - 'La transsubstantiation théâtrale' - Spectatorship and (non- )spectacle - The tragic genre - Tragedy and theology.

O autorze

Charles Stone is an independent scholar based in Cambridge. A graduate of Selwyn College, Cambridge, he specializes in early modern French theatre, with a particular interest in tragedy of the mid-seventeenth century. He has published previously on martyr tragedy in French Studies and works also as a translator and book reviewer for various publications.