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Author:
Davidson, Clifford.
Title:
Festivals and plays in late medieval Britain / Clifford Davidson.
Publisher:
Ashgate,
Copyright Date:
c2007
Description:
xi, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
English drama--To 1500--History and criticism.
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English--England--History and criticism.
Christianity and literature--England--History--To 1500.
Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
Literature and society--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
Theater--History--England--History--To 1500.
Festivals--England--History--To 1500.
Cycles (Literature)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-196) and index.
Contents:
Part I : the landscape of festival drama -- Playing and the ritual year -- "Corpus Christi play" and the Feast of Corpus Christi -- The York Corpus Christi Guild and drama -- Play and spectacle at Pentecost -- Part II : some aspects of two genres of festival drama -- Suffering and the York plays -- The vernacular plays for Good Friday and Easter from MS. E Museo 160.
ISBN:
0754660524 (alk. paper)
9780754660521 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)123912678
LCCN:
2007017961
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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