Religious & Liturgical Drama - Literary Criticism, Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, English Drama - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism, English Fiction & Prose Literature - 16th-17th Century - Literary Criticism, English Drama - 16t
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Overview
Panitent Brothellers focuses on the recurring incidents of repentance and conversion in Thomas Middleton's major comedies. Panitent Brothel's conversion in a Mad World, My Masters and Sir Walter Whorehound's repentance in A Chaste Maid in Cheapside are familiar examples of behavior that, while having precedents with St. Augustine and St. Paul, had been newly described by Luther and Calvin." "This study emphasizes close readings of Middleton's city comedies to reveal the importance of repentance and conversion in his theology.Book Details
Published
September 30, 2000
Publisher
Newark : University of Delaware Press ; c2000.
Pages
223
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780874137019