Milton's Early Modern English Protestant Paradise Lost in a Modern Mexican Christmastide Civic Drama

This article discusses a Mexican pastorela—a genre of short, civic drama celebrating the Nativity typically staged in December—that instantiates a significant intersection of global literatures and global Christianities: El Paraíso perdido: Drama en 4 actos arreglado por Ambrosio Nieto, sobre la ins...

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Main Author: Duran, Angelica (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2023
In: Christianity & literature
Year: 2023, Volume: 72, Issue: 4, Pages: 542-563
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
CH Christianity and Society
KBR Latin America
KDJ Ecumenism
Further subjects:B John Milton
B Hispanoamerica
B Ambrosio Nieto
B Christianity
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Summary:This article discusses a Mexican pastorela—a genre of short, civic drama celebrating the Nativity typically staged in December—that instantiates a significant intersection of global literatures and global Christianities: El Paraíso perdido: Drama en 4 actos arreglado por Ambrosio Nieto, sobre la inspiración del inmortal Milton [Paradise Lost: Drama in 4 Acts Arranged by Ambrosio Nieto, Upon the Inspiration of the Immortal Milton] (ca. 1920–1950). Nieto incisively adapts Milton’s epic to produce a delightful drama that integrates features specific to Mexico’s rich literary and cultural traditions and to foster a modern ecumenical Christianity.
ISSN:2056-5666
Contains:Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/chy.2023.a917887