Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Stage devils and oppositional thinking
- 2 The devil and the sacred in the English mystery plays
- 3 Stage devils and sacramental community in non-cycle plays
- 4 Stage devils and early social satire
- 5 Protestant devils and the new community
- 6 The devils of Dr. Faustus
- 7 Reacting to Marlowe
- 8 The devil and the sacred on the Shakespearean stage: theatre and belief
- 9 Traditional morality and magical thinking
- 10 New directions
- Appendix. Devil plays in English, 1350–1642
- Notes
- Index
Acknowledgments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Stage devils and oppositional thinking
- 2 The devil and the sacred in the English mystery plays
- 3 Stage devils and sacramental community in non-cycle plays
- 4 Stage devils and early social satire
- 5 Protestant devils and the new community
- 6 The devils of Dr. Faustus
- 7 Reacting to Marlowe
- 8 The devil and the sacred on the Shakespearean stage: theatre and belief
- 9 Traditional morality and magical thinking
- 10 New directions
- Appendix. Devil plays in English, 1350–1642
- Notes
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Devil and the Sacred in English Drama, 1350–1642 , pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000