Antitheatricality and the Body Public

372 Pages·2017·4.485 MB·English

by  Lisa A. Freeman

Antitheatricality
and the Body Public
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Antitheatricality
and the Body Public
Lisa A. Freeman
university of pennsylvania press
philadelphia
A volume in the Haney Foundation Series, established in 1961
with the generous support of Dr. John Louis Haney.
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For Heather,
my person
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Contents
Introduction. Antitheatricality and the Body Public 1
Chapter 1. In the “Publike” Theater of William Prynne’s Histrio- Mastix 11
Chapter 2. Political Allegiances and Bodies Public: Jeremy Collier’s
A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage 96
Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Bodies Public:
Scotland’s Douglas Controversy 147
Chapter 4. Cultivating a Christian Body Public:
The Richmond Theater Fire 189
Chapter 5. Adjudicating Bodies Public in NEA v. Finley 241
Notes 293
Works Cited 327
Index 351
Acknowledgments 359
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