Religious drama and the humanist tradition : : Christian theater in Germany and in the Netherlands, 1500-1680 / / by James A. Parente, Jr.
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| Superior document: | Studies in the history of Christian thought ; Volume XXXIX |
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| 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) |
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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.