Devil and the Vice in the English Dramatic Literature Before - Shakespear

List of contents

Part I: The Devil. 1. Introductory. 2. The Mystery-Cycles. 3. The Digby Plays and the Noah's Ark. 4. The Devil in the Moralities. Part II: The Vice. 1. The Vice-Dramas. 2. The Vice-Role. 3. The Three-Fold Character of the Vice. 4. The Vice as a Dramatic Figure.

About the author

L. W. Cushman

Summary

Originally published in 1900, this book was the first investigation of the devil and the Vice as dramatic figures, and a study of these figures led to a new view of the subject: it is, in brief, that the appearance of the devil in the non-dramatic as well as in the dramatic literature is limited to a definite range. As a dramatic figure the devil falls more and more into the background and the Vice is distinct in origin and function from the devil.

Product details

• Authors: L. W. Cushman
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367142261
• ISBN: 978-0-367-14226-1
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, MEDICAL / Diagnostic Imaging / General, MEDICAL / Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights