Censorship and the representation of the sacred in nineteenth-century England

Censorship and the representation of the sacred in nineteenth-century England / Jan-Melissa Schramm.

A study of nineteenth-century theatre that explores why, in an age famous for its piety and religious devotion, the English public dramatic repertoire was, by force of law, secular.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schramm, Jan-Melissa (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Censorship > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Religion and culture > Great Britain > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Censorship
Religion and culture
Great Britain
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Representing the sacred in nineteenth-century England
  • Censorship and sacred drama : policing the performance of incarnational art
  • The art of the people : Romanticism, the ritual year, and the rediscovery of the mystery plays
  • [T]o see the work of God/achieved for others : sacrifice, (self)-censorship, and sacred closet drama
  • Ecce homo, real presence, and the word made flesh : the drama of the incarnation in Victorian literature
  • Homo ludens : the Oberammergau Passionsspiele and tragic play at fin-de-siècle
  • A study in repetition and revival : Jerrold, Tennyson, T.S. Eliot, and the case of Thomas à Becket
  • Conclusion: On tragedy in the nineteenth century.

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