Corey, Paul. <br/><br/>
Messiahs and Machiavellians :  Depicting Evil in the Modern Theatre. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (375 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS AND TEXTUAL NOTES -- Preface: Revaluating Modernity -- Introduction: Theatre and Evil in the Shadow of the "Death Event" -- Part 1: Evil inTwentieth-Century Theatre -- 1. Eschatology and the Absurd -- 2. The Gnostic Caesar -- 3. Messianism and the Age of Senility -- Epilogue -- Part 2: Evil in Renaissance Theatre -- 4. Expediency and the Machiavel -- 5. Evil and Virtue in Mandragola -- 6. The "Fantastical Duke of Dark Corners" -- Epilogue -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. 
<br/><br/> An innovative exploration of "modern evil" in works of early- and late-modern theatre, focusing on ethics, religion, and aesthetics that speak to our present condition. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780268076818 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ethics.<br/>.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1650.E95 C67 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>809.2/9353