The Jesuit Theater of Jacob Masen
Title | The Jesuit Theater of Jacob Masen PDF eBook |
Author | Jacob Masen (SJ) |
Publisher | Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Drama |
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In the tradition of the Jesuit school theater, Jacob Masen (1606-1681) has long had a reputation as a playwright second only to his countryman Bidermann. With no modern editions of his plays, and translations of the Latin original extremely limited, few readers have had direct access to Masen's theater. It presents in modern English three exemplary Masen plays: Androphilus, Maurice, and Rusticus imperans. A brief introduction places the plays within the context of Masen's life and century, and his theoretical writings on the theater. The book is the only English edition of Masen's plays.
Neo-Latin Drama in Early Modern Europe
Title | Neo-Latin Drama in Early Modern Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Bloemendal |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 808 |
Release | 2013-09-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004257462 |
From ca. 1300 a new genre developed in European literature, Neo-Latin drama. Building on medieval drama, vernacular theatre and classical drama, it spread around Europe. It was often used as a means to educate young boys in Latin, in acting and in moral issues. Comedies, tragedies and mixed forms were written. The Societas Jesu employed Latin drama in their education and public relations on a large scale. They had borrowed the concept of this drama from the humanist and Protestant gymnasia, and perfected it to a multi media show. However, the genre does not receive the attention that it deserves. In this volume, a historical overview of this genre is given, as well as analyses of separate plays. Contributors include: Jan Bloemendal, Jean-Frédéric Chevalier, Cora Dietl, Mathieu Ferrand, Howard Norland, Joaquín Pascual Barea, Fidel Rädle, and Raija Sarasti Willenius.
An Introduction to the Jesuit Theater
Title | An Introduction to the Jesuit Theater PDF eBook |
Author | William Hugh McCabe |
Publisher | St. Louis : Institute of Jesuit Sources |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Religion |
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The First Jesuits
Title | The First Jesuits PDF eBook |
Author | John W. O'Malley |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 484 |
Release | 1995-03-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0674251946 |
John W. O’Malley gives us the most comprehensive account ever written of the Society of Jesus in its founding years, one that heightens and transforms our understanding of the Jesuits in history and today. Following the Society from 1540 through 1565, O’Malley shows how this sense of mission evolved. He looks at everything—the Jesuits’ teaching, their preaching, their casuistry, their work with orphans and prostitutes, their attitudes toward Jews and “New Christians,” and their relationship to the Reformation. All are taken in by the sweep of O’Malley’s story as he details the Society’s manifold activities in Europe, Brazil, and India.
Catholic Theatre and Drama
Title | Catholic Theatre and Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2014-01-10 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0786457791 |
The relationship between the Catholic Church and theatre has a long and complicated history. This collection of fourteen critical essays seeks to demystify the ties--both practical and ideological--that have long bound Catholicism to theatrical production. This volume offers insights into medieval theatre, Jesuit drama, ballet and opera, modern stagings of medieval liturgical drama, Lorca and Lope de Vega as Catholic playwrights, Italian Catholic women's drama, Catholic play-wrighting and acting, and the unique challenges of teaching theatre in Catholic universities.
Ancient Comedy and Reception
Title | Ancient Comedy and Reception PDF eBook |
Author | S. Douglas Olson |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Pages | 1098 |
Release | 2013-12-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 161451125X |
This wide-ranging collection, consisting of 50 essays by leading international scholars in a variety of fields, provides an overview of the reception history of a major literary genre from Greco-Roman antiquity to the present day. Section I considers how the 5th- and 4th-century Athenian comic poets defined themselves and their plays, especially in relation to other major literary forms. It then moves on to the Roman world and to the reception of Greek comedy there in art and literature. Section II deals with the European reception of Greek and Roman comedy in the Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern periods, and with the European stage tradition of comic theater more generally. Section III treats the handling of Greco-Roman comedy in the modern world, with attention not just to literary translations and stage-productions, but to more modern media such as radio and film. The collection will be of interest to students of ancient comedy as well as to all those concerned with how literary and theatrical traditions are passed on from one time and place to another, and adapted to meet local conditions and concerns.
Jesuit Latin Poets of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Title | Jesuit Latin Poets of the 17th and 18th Centuries PDF eBook |
Author | James J. Mertz |
Publisher | Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9780865162150 |
This selection of sixty-two poems written by various Jesuit poets offers a unique and illuminating look at neo-Latin poetry. Includes original text, translations, notes, and vocabulary.