Ritual, Ostension and the Divine in the Stuart Masque
Examining the liturgical and iconographical nature of Stuart Court masques, this article argues that the masque performs a mode of incorporation representing the ritual of the transubstantiation of the individual into an absolute monarch. Masques are political, mythological, theological and cosmolog...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2003
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Literature and theology
Year: 2003, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 298-313 |
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| Summary: | Examining the liturgical and iconographical nature of Stuart Court masques, this article argues that the masque performs a mode of incorporation representing the ritual of the transubstantiation of the individual into an absolute monarch. Masques are political, mythological, theological and cosmological events in which the divine right of kings is practised. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/17.3.298 |