skip to main content
Idioma:

"From god astraye went": William Forrest's Contra-Reformation "Legend of Theophilus"

Wort, Oliver

Studies in philology, 2024-12, Vol.121 (1), p.58-99 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press

Texto completo disponível

Citações Citado por
  • Título:
    "From god astraye went": William Forrest's Contra-Reformation "Legend of Theophilus"
  • Autor: Wort, Oliver
  • Assuntos: British & Irish literature ; Christianity ; Drama ; English literature ; Forrest, William (fl 1530-1581) ; Marlowe, Christopher (1564-1593) ; Poetry ; Religion ; Theology
  • É parte de: Studies in philology, 2024-12, Vol.121 (1), p.58-99
  • Descrição: This is a study of William Forrest’s “Legend of Theophilus.” In the history of devil-compact literature, Theophilus was the ur-Faustus, the preeminent example all across medieval Europe of the foolish man who, for worldly gain, abandoned his soul to the devil. Finished on 27 October 1572, Forrest’s version of this tale is a rare example of an English Theophilus legend written in the aftermath of the Reformation rather than in advance of it. This novel context permits Forrest to treat the legend as a critique of Reformation and a defense of Catholic devotion, particularly to the Virgin Mary. Furthermore, as an Elizabethan study in damnation and redemption, Forrest’s poem is comparable to Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, though the two are products of fundamentally different religious milieus. This study ends by reading Forrest’s atypical Elizabethan poem alongside Marlowe’s more quintessentially Elizabethan play in order to draw out what is most distinctive about both works and the divine economies that animate them.
  • Editor: Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Idioma: Inglês
Voltar para lista de resultados

  • Realização: ABCD-USP USP   Logos de Redes Sociais: Freepik

Buscando em bases de dados remotas. Favor aguardar.