Apocalypse and Anti-Catholicism in Seventeenth-Century English Drama
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Apocalypse and Anti-Catholicism in Seventeenth-Century English Drama

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Apocalypse and Anti-Catholicism in Seventeenth-Century English Drama

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This book examines the many and varied uses of apocalyptic and anti-Catholic language in seventeenth-century English drama. Adrian Streete argues that this rhetoric is not simply an expression of religious bigotry, nor is it only deployed at moments of political crisis. Rather, it is an adaptable and flexible language with national and international implications. It offers a measure of cohesion and order in a volatile century. By rethinking the relationship between theatre, theology and polemic, Streete shows how playwrights exploited these connections for a diverse range of political ends. Chapters focus on playwrights like Marston, Middleton, Massinger, Shirley, Dryden and Lee, and on a range of topics including imperialism, reason of state, commerce, prostitution, resistance, prophecy, church reform and liberty. Drawing on important recent work in religious and political history, this is a major re-interpretation of how and why religious ideas are debated in the early modern theatre.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Note on Texts and Terminology
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 Antichrist and the Whore in Early Modern England: Cultures of Interpretation
  11. 2 ‘What News from Babylon?’: Marston’s The Dutch Courtesan (1605) and the Spanish Peace
  12. 3 ‘Mere Idolatry’?: Resistance and Rome in Middleton’s The Lady’s Tragedy (1610)
  13. 4 ‘Occultus Rex’: Caroline Politics and Imperial Kingship in Massinger’s Believe as You List (1631)
  14. 5 ‘Purple Pride’: War, Episcopacy, and Shirley’s The Cardinal (1641)
  15. 6 ‘Rebellion Orthodox’: Arbitrary Rule and Liberty in Dryden and Lee’s The Duke of Guise (1682)
  16. Conclusion: Drama and the Legacies of Anti-Catholicism
  17. Select Bibliography
  18. Index