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Playing the Martyr .d e vre se r sth g ir llA .sse rP ytisre vin U lle n kcu B .7 1 0 2 © th g iryp o C Semk, Christopher. Playing the Martyr : Theater and Theology in Early Modern France, Bucknell University Press, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4767170. Created from nyulibrary-ebooks on 2021-03-20 00:08:38. S C È N E S F R A N C O P H O N E S : STUDIES IN FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE THEATER Series Editor Logan J. Connors Bucknell University The only North American book series dedicated to French-language theater, Scènes franco- phones publishes theoretically and historically informed research on dramatic texts and pro- ductions from medieval France to the contemporary French-speaking world. Linguistically focused but broad in scope, this series features monographs and multi-authored volumes on dramatic literatures, theories, and practices. Scènes francophones, which publishes in English, welcomes new research on specific play- wrights or actors as well as analysis of particular theaters, dramatic repertoires, and perfor- mance spaces. Research in which theater plays a leading role among other genres, themes, or institutions is also encouraged. This series supports research on the social, economic, and cultural history of theater across time periods, from hexagonal France to the reaches of the French-speaking world today. Titles in the Series Playing the Martyr: Theater and Theology in Early Modern France .de Christopher Semk vre se r sth Acting Up: Staging the Subject in Enlightenment France gir llA Jeffrey M. Leichman .sse rP ytisre vin U lle n kcu B .7 1 0 2 © th g iryp o C Semk, Christopher. Playing the Martyr : Theater and Theology in Early Modern France, Bucknell University Press, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4767170. Created from nyulibrary-ebooks on 2021-03-20 00:08:38. S C È N E S F R A N C O P H O N E S Playing the Martyr T H E AT E R A N D T H E O LO GY I N E A R LY M O D E R N F R A N C E C H R I S T O P H E R S E M K .d e vre se r sth g ir llA .sse rP ytisre vin U lle n kcu B .7 1 0 2 © th g iryp o C L E W I S B U R G B U C K N E L L U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S Semk, Christopher. Playing the Martyr : Theater and Theology in Early Modern France, Bucknell University Press, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4767170. Created from nyulibrary-ebooks on 2021-03-20 00:08:38. 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Printed in the United States of America Semk, Christopher. Playing the Martyr : Theater and Theology in Early Modern France, Bucknell University Press, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4767170. Created from nyulibrary-ebooks on 2021-03-20 00:08:38. Published by Bucknell University Press Co-published with The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowmanlittlefield.com Unit A, Whitacre Mews, 26-34 Stannary Street, London SE11 4AB .de Copyright © 2017 by Christopher Semk vre se r sth All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by gir llA asynsyt eemlesc,t rwointhico uort wmreicttheann ipcearlm misesainons, firnocmlu dthineg p iunbfolirsmheart,i oexnc estpotr abgye a a rnedv ireewtreire vwahl o .sse may quote passages in a review. rP ytisre British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available vin U lle Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available n kcuB ISBN 978-1-61148-803-6 (cloth : alk. paper) .71 ISBN 978-1-61148-805-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0 2 © ISBN 978-1-61148-804-3 (electronic) th giryp ™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of o C American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America Semk, Christopher. Playing the Martyr : Theater and Theology in Early Modern France, Bucknell University Press, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4767170. Created from nyulibrary-ebooks on 2021-03-20 00:08:38. CONTENTS Note on Translations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: A Christian Melpomene? xi 1 The Separation of Church and Stage 1 2 The Spectacle of Martyrdom and the Spectacle of the Stage 32 3 “ Ex histrionis martyr factus”: Genesius, Acting, and Martyrdom 62 4 Polyeucte, martyr and Corneille’s Sacramental Poetics 90 .d Conclusion: Theater and Theology at the Threshold e vrese of Modernity 121 r sth gir llA Notes 127 .sserP Bibliography 155 ytisrevin Index 165 U lle nkcu About the Author 173 B .7 1 0 2 © th g iryp o C [ v ] Semk, Christopher. Playing the Martyr : Theater and Theology in Early Modern France, Bucknell University Press, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4767170. Created from nyulibrary-ebooks on 2021-03-20 00:08:38. .d e vre se r sth g ir llA .sse rP ytisre vin U lle n kcu B .7 1 0 2 © th g iryp o C Semk, Christopher. Playing the Martyr : Theater and Theology in Early Modern France, Bucknell University Press, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4767170. Created from nyulibrary-ebooks on 2021-03-20 00:08:38. NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS I N ORDER TO MAKE the early modern texts under discussion ac- cessible to a wide audience, they have been translated. I used modern translations wherever possible. All translations, unless otherwise indicated, are my own. .d e vre se r sth g ir llA .sse rP ytisre vin U lle n kcu B .7 1 0 2 © th g iryp o C [ vii ] Semk, Christopher. Playing the Martyr : Theater and Theology in Early Modern France, Bucknell University Press, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4767170. Created from nyulibrary-ebooks on 2021-03-20 00:08:38. .d e vre se r sth g ir llA .sse rP ytisre vin U lle n kcu B .7 1 0 2 © th g iryp o C Semk, Christopher. Playing the Martyr : Theater and Theology in Early Modern France, Bucknell University Press, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4767170. Created from nyulibrary-ebooks on 2021-03-20 00:08:38. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS T HIS BOOK WAS ORIGINALLY conceived as a doctoral dissertation at Indiana University and I am deeply grateful to the many people who helped to shape it along the way. First of all, this book would not have been possible without the guidance and encouragement of Jérôme Brillaud and Rebecca Wilkin, who not only directed the dissertation but continued to offer their unflagging support in the years that followed. I am also grateful for the intel- lectual support of my colleagues in the French department at Yale. I completed substantial research for this book during a sabbatical that was supported by a Morse Fellowship from Yale. I also thank Greg Clingham and Logan Connors for their editorial assistance. I am deeply indebted to the colleagues who have generously read portions of the manuscript (and in some cases, the entire manuscript!), responded to con- .d e vre ference papers, indulged me in conversation about saints and martyrs, or offered ser sth suggestions for improvement at various stages of this project: Faith Beasley, Hall gir llA .sserP BDNjouørvrmnalsa,t naJdo, ,dE yJl leeEannn -dMVeriansc,c KeMnayta, r gBEalrraienct c MhGararacdyP,, hKJauiallti,eh taetnreid n CeE hIrebicrbb eMuttlié,e czMh, oiEcuhlllaeenlne. LThMocneCigril nugorue,i ,d LaNanrecrdye ytisre has greatly improved this book, all mistakes, shortcomings, and infelicities are vin my own. U lle I thank my parents for never asking “What will you do with that?” when I n kcu declared, at eighteen, my intention to study French literature, and for their gener- B .71 ous support through the years. Last but certainly not least, I thank Jonathan for 0 2 © his love and encouragement, without which I could have never finished this book. th g iryp o C [ ix ] Semk, Christopher. Playing the Martyr : Theater and Theology in Early Modern France, Bucknell University Press, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4767170. Created from nyulibrary-ebooks on 2021-03-20 00:08:38.
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