Making pagans: theatrical practice and comparative religion in early modern England

"This book recovers the spectacular scenes of "pagan" religion that filled England's theaters in the seventeenth century. Recycled across many plays, these iconic set-pieces became stereotyped and widely applied to a whole set of cultural and geographic sites, both ancient and mo...

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Main Author: Kuhn, John (Author)
Corporate Author: Folger Shakespeare Library. Herausgebendes Organ (Issuing body)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Philadelphia University of Philadelphia Press [2025]
In:Year: 2025
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B English language / Drama / Paganism (Motif) / Staging / History 1500-1700
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BD Ancient European religions
KBF British Isles
TJ Modern history
Further subjects:B English drama 17th century History and criticism
B Paganism in literature
B Theaters Stage-setting and scenery (England) 16th century
B Paganism (England) History 17th century
B Paganism (England) History 16th century
B Religion and drama
B England Religion History 16th century
B Theaters Stage-setting and scenery (England) 17th century
B England Religion History 17th century
B English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism
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