Forms of Hypocrisy in Early Modern England (Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture)

Synopsis

This collection examines the widespread phenomenon of hypocrisy in literary, theological, political, and social circles in England during the years after the Reformation and up to the Restoration. Bringing together current critical work on early modern subjectivity, performance, print history, and private and public identities and space, the collection provides readers with a way into the complexity of the term, by offering an overview of different forms of hypocrisy, including educational practice, social transaction, dramatic technique, distorted worship, female deceit, print controversy, and the performance of demonic possession. Together these approaches present an interdisciplinary examination of a term whose meanings have always been assumed, yet never fully outlined, despite the proliferation of publications on aspects of hypocrisy such as self-fashioning and disguise. Questions the chapters collectively pose include: how did hypocritical discourse conceal concerns relating to social status, gender roles, religious doctrine, and print culture? How was hypocrisy manifest materially? How did different literary genres engage with hypocrisy?

Copyright:

2018

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ISBN-13:

9781351967549

Related ISBNs:

9781315265568, 9781138291249, 9781138291249

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

05/01/19

Copyrighted By:

Routledge

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

History, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts

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