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The Great Victorian Sacrilege

By Alan Nielsen

The Great Victorian Sacrilege Books

The Great Victorian Sacrilege

By Alan Nielsen

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What happens when freedom of artistic expression offends freedom of religion? A great controversy arose when America's first professional Passion play, staged in San Francisco in 1879, was pronounced a "sacrilege" by Protestant ministers (Salmi Morse's play, The Passion, was in reality a pious description of the Gospel story). This work shows that Morse and his play were victims of the Protestant church's struggle to maintain power during the late 1800s, a time when America was changing into a more urban nation. This saga of a society's attempt to control "immoral"art by government intervention is also a disconcerting look at how easily artistic freedom can be sacrificed on the altar of political expediency.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
306
Release Date:
2013-01-23
Publication Date:
2013-02-06
Publisher:
McFarland
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0786473878
ISBN13:
9780786473878
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
500 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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