Perversion, Pedagogy and the Comic: A Survey of the Concept of Theatre in the Christian Middle Ages

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Synopsis
Perversion, Pedagogy and the Comic studies how the idea-of-theater shaped western consciousness during the Christian Middle Ages. It analyses developments within western philosophy, Christian theology and theater history to show how this idea realized itself primarily as a metaphor circulating through various discursive domains. Beginning with Plato’s injunction against tragedy the relation between philosophy and theater has been a complicated affair which this book traces at the threshold when the western world became Christian. By late antiquity as theatre was slowly banned, Christian theology put the idea-of-theatre to use in order to show what they understood to be the perverted nature of worldly existence and the mystery of the Kingdom of God. Interrogating the theological teachings of some of the early Church Fathers like St Augustine, Tertullian and Clement of Alexandria the book offers a new look at how the idea of theater not only inspired Christian liturgical practices but Christian pedagogy in general which in turn shaped the nature of Christian religious drama. Finally the author tries to demonstrate how this hegemonic use of the theatre-idea was countered by a certain comic sensibility which opened the idea of theatre in the Christian Middle Ages to a new and subversive materialist possibility. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Copyright:
2022

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
430 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000608748
Related ISBNs:
9781032292151, 9781003300403
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Soumick De and Aakar Books
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Drama, Plays and Theater
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Bookshare Staff
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