Penitent Brothellers: Grace, Sexuality, and Genre in Thomas Middleton's City Comedies"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 JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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Plotting Early Modern London: New Essays on Jacobean City Comedy Dieter Mehl,Angela Stock,Anne-Julia Zwierlein No preview available - 2004 |