Paul Corey teaches in the religious studies department at McMaster University.
Acknowledgments
p. ix
Key to Abbreviations and Textual Notes
p. xi
Preface: Revaluating Modernity: September 11, the "Death Event," and the Word Evil
p. xiii
Introduction: Theatre and Evil in the Shadow of the "Death Event"
p. 1
Evil in Twentieth-Century Theatre
Eschatology and the Absurd
p. 31
The Gnostic Caesar: Radical Eschatology in Albert Camus's Caligula
p. 49
Messianism and the Age of Senility: Perpetual Expectation in Beckett's Waiting for Godot
p. 88
Epilogue: The Two "Nothings" of Caligula and Waiting for Godot
p. 133
Evil in Renaissance Theatre
Expediency and the Machiavel
p. 143
Evil and Virtue in Mandragola
p. 160
The "Fantastical Duke of Dark Corners": Shakespeare's Measure for Measure
p. 203
Epilogue: Machiavellianism and Providence
p. 251
Conclusion: Modern Theatre and the Tragic Vision
p. 259
Notes
p. 277
Bibliography
p. 327
Index
p. 339
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