"If Then the World a Theatre Present.": Revisions of the Theatrum Mundi Metaphor in Early Modern England

by Björn Quiring (Editor)

Overview

To picture the world as a theatre has been a common procedure since antiquity. In early modernity, however, the theatrum mundi became a particularly prominent metaphor, especially in England where it was used by playwrights as well as by theologians opposed to the professional theatre. This volume examines how and why the uses of the metaphor proliferated at that time, drawing on plays, pamphlets, other textual sources as well as on images.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110383676
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	08/19/2014
Series:	Pluralisierung & Autorität , #32
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	246
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Björn Quiring, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.