Religious drama and the humanist tradition : : Christian theater in Germany and in the Netherlands, 1500-1680 / / by James A. Parente, Jr.

• Superior document: Studies in the history of Christian thought ; Volume XXXIX
• VerfasserIn: Parente, James A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : E.J. Brill,, [1987]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 1987
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of Christian thought ; Volume XXXIX.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I. The Nature of Humanist Religious Drama: Classical Imitation and Reform -- The Christian Reception of Classical Drama -- The Imitation and Reform of the Ancients -- II. Theology and Morality on the Humanist Stage -- The Justice of God -- Religious Drama and Biblical Exegesis -- Catholic and Protestant Paradigms of Salvation -- The Education of Fallen Man -- III. The Biblical Tragedies of Joost van den Vondel -- Vondel and the Religious Drama of the Renaissance -- The Joseph Plays: The Christian Ideal in a Fallen World -- Vondel's Neo-Classicism -- Jeptha: The Establishment of Christian Tragedy -- IV. Andreas Gryphius and the Sanctification of History -- Historical Drama as Sacred Theater -- Gryphius and Humanist Religious Drama -- Gryphius' Dramatic Apprenticeship -- Tyranny and Salvation: Leo Armenius -- Protestant Martyrdom: Catharina van Georgien -- The Fall and Redemption of a Protestant King: Carolus Stuardus -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons -- Index of Subjects.