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Drama and the Sacraments in Sixteenth-Century England is the first book-length study to examine in detail the relationship between early modern drama and sacramental ritual and theology. Identifying the sixteenth century as a period which troubles easy cultural categories of 'medieval' and 'Renaissance', David Coleman offers a series of readings of major early modern plays. In calling attention to the religious foundation of identity and community in the period, the book makes an importantcontribution to contemporary debates about the nature of 'the subject'. In addition to reassessing the significance of neglected texts and documents, it also offers radical new ways of reading canonical dramatists, including Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare
Sacramental Communities in Pre-Reformation England: The Croxton Playof the Sacrament -- John Bale and the Politicisation of Sacramentality-- Mid-Tudor Drama and Sacramental Reform -- Interrogating Sacramentality: The Drama of Christopher Marlowe -- Sinful Subjects: ShakespeareanSacramentality
Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-172) and index
