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9780268022952

Messiahs and Machiavellians : Depicting Evil in the Modern Theatre

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    9780268022952

  • ISBN10:

    026802295X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-05-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr

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Author Biography

Paul Corey teaches in the religious studies department at McMaster University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Key to Abbreviations and Textual Notesp. xi
Preface: Revaluating Modernity: September 11, the "Death Event," and the Word Evilp. xiii
Introduction: Theatre and Evil in the Shadow of the "Death Event"p. 1
Evil in Twentieth-Century Theatre
Eschatology and the Absurdp. 31
The Gnostic Caesar: Radical Eschatology in Albert Camus's Caligulap. 49
Messianism and the Age of Senility: Perpetual Expectation in Beckett's Waiting for Godotp. 88
Epilogue: The Two "Nothings" of Caligula and Waiting for Godotp. 133
Evil in Renaissance Theatre
Expediency and the Machiavelp. 143
Evil and Virtue in Mandragolap. 160
The "Fantastical Duke of Dark Corners": Shakespeare's Measure for Measurep. 203
Epilogue: Machiavellianism and Providencep. 251
Conclusion: Modern Theatre and the Tragic Visionp. 259
Notesp. 277
Bibliographyp. 327
Indexp. 339
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