Who is Paying for God: A thematic analysis of Henry Arthur Jones's religious plays in relation to the modernist trend

<p>This thesis project argues for the value of Henry Arthur Jones’s work in the late 1890s and seeks to illustrate that Jones’s contribution to the larger Modernist movement in the theatre. Using a close textual analysis of Jones’s plays <em>Michael and His Lost Angel, Judah, </em>and <em>Saints and Sinners, </em>this project examines Jones’s use of popular theatrical genres to provide commentary on the religious and fiscal tensions in the surrounding Victorian society. The critical commentary in Jones’s plays is then used to draw a connection between Jones’s work and his fight for dramatists to have greater freedom in the topics they sought to portray onstage, demonstrating that Jones used his own work as part of the “National Drama” that he sought to create in England. Ultimately, this thesis ties together the elements of religion, Victorian society, and the theoretical foundation of a National Drama to justify Jones’s place in the Modernist movement.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Theatre Studies

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Sharma, Jay Tyler

Contributors dc:contributor

• Emily Rollie
• Natashia Lindsey
• Lily Vuong

• Theatre
• Drama
• Victorian
• Jones
• National Drama
• Dramatic Literature, Criticism and Theory

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1219

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-2177