Writing the Reformation: Acts and Monuments and the Jacobean History Play

ISBN-13: 9780815376194 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 216 str.

Marsha Robinson

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First published in 2002, this work invests the post-Shakespearean history plays of the Jacobean era with new significance by recognizing the role they played in popularizing and re-appropriating Foxe's "Book of Martyrs", one of the most formative and culturally significant Reformation texts.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The ‘Marvellous Working’ of the Lord: Foxean History on Stage 2. Trial and Redemption: Authority on the Tragicomic Stage of History 3. ‘Only My Conscience’: Staging the Record of Conscience 4. Confounding the Mighty with the Weak: Staging a Popular Reformation 5. ‘Even Unto Many Godly Women’: Staging a Female Reformation 6. Foxean ‘Re-visions’ on the Jacobean Stage Bibliography Index

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Marsha Robinson