A cross-religious exploration of conversion on the early modern English stage offering fresh readings of canonical and lesser-known plays.

Offering fuller understandings of both dramatic representations and the complexities of religious culture, this collection reveals the ways in which religion an

Few subjects of the English stage have proved more alluring and enduring than religious conversion. The emergence of the Elizabethan theatre marked a profound s

This book is a study of English conversion narratives between 1580 and 1660. Focusing on the formal, stylistic properties of these texts, it argues that there i

Focusing on conversion as one of early modern Europe’s most pressing issues, the present book offers a comprehensive reading of artistic and literary ways in