Hermenegildo and the Jesuits Staging Sainthood in the Early Modern P
This book explores the cultural conditions that led to the emergence and proliferation of Saint Hermenegildo as a stage character in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It considers how this saint became a theatrical trope enabling the Society of Jes
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Stefano Muneroni
Hermenegildo and the Jesuits Staging Sainthood in the Early Modern Period
Stefano Muneroni Department of Drama University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
ISBN 978-3-319-55088-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-55089-3
ISBN 978-3-319-55089-3 (eBook)
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book is the result of many years of research during which I have become indebted to numerous people who have encouraged my study of religious theatre of the early modern period and helped me to deepen my investigation of Hermenegildo as a preeminent character of the Jesuit stage. I would like to thank my academic advisor, Lynne Conner; my professors at the University of Pittsburgh, Attilio Favorini, Bruce McConachie, Thomas Rimer, and Francesca Savoia; and my professors Elena Tamburini, Luciano Mariti, Silvia Carandini, and Ida Magli at the Università La Sapienza in Rome. Many thanks also to the scholars who paved the way for my own research and whose work informs and resonates throughout this book: Pierantonio Frare and Michele Gazich, Julio Alonso Asenjo, Armando Garzón-Blanco, Jesús Menéndez Peláez, Alfonso Méndez Plancarte, William McCabe, and Harro Höpfl. This book is born out of my doctoral dissertation at the University of Pittsburgh, which was supported by the Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, and it has also benefitted from two President’s Fund Grants at the
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