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

by Soumick de

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032292156
• ISBN13: 9781032292151
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"