The Biblical Drama of Medieval Europe
The Biblical Drama of Medieval Europe

Author: Lynette R. Muir

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-09-18

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9780521542104

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This book presents a detailed survey and analysis of the surviving corpus of biblical drama from all parts of medieval Christian Europe. Over five hundred plays from the tenth to the sixteenth centuries are examined, in a wide-ranging discussion which makes available the full scope of this important part of theatre history. The volume is specially organised to provide a complete overview of major aspects of medieval biblical theatre, including the theatrical community of both audience and players; the major plays and cycles; and the legacy of medieval biblical theatre. The book also includes valuable appendices with information on the liturgical calendar, processions, and the Mass and the Bible.

The Medieval European Stage, 500-1550
The Medieval European Stage, 500-1550

Author: William Tydeman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-09-27

Total Pages: 798

ISBN-13: 9780521246095

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This volume brings together a wide selection of primary source materials from the theatrical history of the Middle Ages. The focus is on Western Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of markedly Renaissance forms in Italy. Early sections of the volume are devoted to the survival of Classical tradition and the development of the liturgical drama of the Roman Catholic Church, but the main concentration is on the genesis and growth of popular religious drama in the vernacular. Each of the major medieval regions is featured, while a final section covers the pastimes and customs of the people, a record of whose traditional activities often only survives in the margins of official recognition. The documents are compiled by a team of leading scholars in the field and the over 700 documents are all presented in modern English translation.

Medieval Drama
Medieval Drama

Author: David Bevington

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 2012-06-15

Total Pages: 1105

ISBN-13: 1624665667

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This reprint (with updated 'Suggestions for Further Reading') of the Houghton Mifflin edition makes David Bevington's classic anthology of medieval drama available again at an affordable price.

Pathos in Late-Medieval Religious Drama and Art
Pathos in Late-Medieval Religious Drama and Art

Author: Gabriella Mazzon

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-05-23

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9004355588

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Pathos as Communicative Strategy in Late-Medieval Religious Drama and Art explores the strategies employed to trigger emotional responses in late-medieval dramatic texts from several Western European traditions, and juxtaposes these texts with artistic productions from the same areas, with an emphasis on Britain. The aim is to unravel the mechanisms through which pathos was produced and employed, mainly through the representation of pain and suffering, with mainly religious, but also political aims. The novelty of the book resides in its specific linguistic perspective, which highlights the recurrent use of words, structures and dialogic patterns in drama to reinforce messages on the salvific value of suffering, in synergy with visual messages produced in the same cultural milieu.

Medieval German Literature
Medieval German Literature

Author: Marion Elizabeth Gibbs

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9780415928960

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This comprehensive survey examines Germanic literature from the eighth century to the early fifteenth century. The authors treat the large body of late-medieval lyric poetry in detail for the first time.

New Approaches to European Theater of the Middle Ages
New Approaches to European Theater of the Middle Ages

Author: Barbara I. Gusick

Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13:

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New Approaches to European Theater of the Middle Ages: An Ontology examines texts - as well as cultural and performative aspects - of a wide variety of plays, both sacred and secular, in England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, and Yugoslavia. This collection of fourteen articles in English, by contributors from both sides of the Atlantic, also considers the implications and parameters of communal involvement, and the societal/theatrical roles of the oppressed (the disabled, Jews, and peasants). This book has been designed to appeal to specialists - students and teachers of medieval drama, psychology, religion and hagiography, literature and art - and to readers in general.

Medieval Roles for Modern Times
Medieval Roles for Modern Times

Author: Helen Solterer

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 0271036133

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"Examines the performances of a Parisian youth group, Gustave Cohen's Théophiliens, and the process of making medieval culture a part of the modern world. Explores the work of actor Moussa Abadi, and his clandestine resistance under the Vichy regime in France during World War II"--Provided by publisher.