The Dragon and the Dove : The Plays of Thomas Dekker
by
Julia Gasper
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Oxford English Monographs
ISBN-10
0198117582
ISBN-13
9780198117582
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Clarendon Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 9th, 1990
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
450 grams
Dimensions
22.10 x 14.50 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Presenting the playwright, Dekker, as a bold, pugnacious writer who experimented with form in order to articulate his militant Protestant ideas, this critique is centred on "The Whore of Babylon". The plays are perceived as blending satire, hagiography and propaganda.
The Dragon and the Dove makes the original and controversial claim that Thomas Dekker, the author of plays blending satire, hagiography, and propaganda, was a militant Protestant. This study, whilst carefully analysing seven of his plays, takes The Whore of Babylon to be his central work and the definitive militant Protestant play. Militant Protestants were uncompromising in their beliefs and frequently came into conflict with the policies of the Crown. Apocalyptic ideas, and a vision of the international True Church struggling against the dragon of Rome, provide the key to understanding all Dekker''s work. This book takes a completely fresh view of Dekker and presents him as a bold, pugnacious dramatist, writing for the London public, not merely the Court, and constantly experimenting with form in order to find a vehicle for his strong convictions.
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