Troubling Gender and Genre in The Trials & Joys of Marriage Salisbury, Eve Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, vol. 11 (2003) No. 1 Abstract The subject of gender has been the focus of a considerable amount of scholarship in the West in the last fifteen years. Feminist medievalists in particular have done much to […]
The Significance of the Eucharist Scenes in the Croxton Play of the Sacrament
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The Significance of the Eucharist Scenes in the Croxton Play of the Sacrament Kang, Ji-Soo Medieval English Studies, vol 9. (2001) No. 2 Abstract Over the years much of the critical attention given to the Croxton Play of the Sacrament was merely for its historical significance, typically as a “rare specimen of the early drama” […]
Christ as a Worker in the Towneley Conspiracy
December 19, 2009 By
Christ as a Worker in the Towneley Conspiracy Gusick, Barbara I. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 9 (1992) Abstract As a central character in the Corpus Christi plays, Christ has generated surprisingly little controversy among scholars of medieval drama. Certainly researchers have approached Christ from a variety of vantage points, attempting to determine whether he […]
Woman as Termagant in The Towneley Cycle
December 3, 2009 By
Woman as Termagant in The Towneley Cycle Freier, Mary P. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 2 (1985) Abstract The woman characters in the cycle plays are usually interpreted as termagants or saints, and the quality of these characterizations is usually denigrated as merely stereotypical, with the emphasis on presenting women negatively. However, a close and […]
Playing a Part in History: The York Mysteries, 1951–2006
March 3, 2009 By
Playing a Part in History: The York Mysteries, 1951–2006 By Margaret Rogerson University of Toronto Press, 2009 ISBN: 9870802099242 The York Mystery Plays are a cycle of originally performed on wagons in the city. They date from the fourteenth century and Biblical narrative from Creation to Last Judgment. After nearly four hundred years without a […]
The Role of Music in Medieval Shepherds’ Plays
December 26, 2008 By
Music, song and, to a certain extent, dance, feature in all medieval shepherds’ plays, even if they are not musical dramas proper.
Abuse and authority in the Chester cycle: A socially-based discourse
December 12, 2008 By
Abuse and authority in the Chester Cycle: A socially-based discourse By Begoña Crespo García Journal of English Studies, Vol.4 (2003/4) Abstract: The aim of this paper is to describe the relationship between the derogatory function of language -as the maximum lexical expression of the language of abuse and authority – and the social values of the late […]
The Liturgical Drama in the Middle Ages as the Music Drama
November 29, 2008 By
The Liturgical Drama in the Middle Ages as the Music Drama By Andrzej Wolański Paper given at the Societe Internationale pour l’etude du Theatre Medieval, 12th Colloquim (2007) Abstract: Because of the attempt to present two mutually dependent processes – the dramatic-and-theatrical development of liturgical dramas and the changes in their approach to liturgy – the issues […]
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