Description |
xxii, 311 pages : music ; 24 cm |
Series |
Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 9 |
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Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 9
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Contents |
Introduction : trends in international drama research / Glynne Wickham -- Medieval Latin music-drama / C. Clifford Flanigan -- Liturgical drama : falling between the disciplines / Andrew Hughes -- Modern editions of medieval English plays / David Mills -- The English mystery cycles / David Staines -- Castles in the air : the morality plays / David Bevington -- "All the world was a stage" : records of early English drama / Alexandra F. Johnston -- The staging of medieval English plays / Stanley J. Kahrl -- France / Alan E. Knight -- Italy : liturgy and christocentric spirituality / Sandro Sticca -- Spain : Catalan and Castilian drama / Ronald E. Surtz -- Germany and German-speaking central Europe / Hansjürgen Linke -- The Low Countries / Elsa Strietman |
Summary |
The Theatre of Medieval Europe brings together the work of thirteen internationally recognized scholars of early drama to give a comprehensive account of recent findings in the field. Whilst reflecting the large body of research on English drama, the book widens the focus of its survey to represent the continental theatre of the period, with a succession of essays covering England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, central Europe and the Low Countries. In addition, it deals with Latin musical and liturgical drama, and addresses both the archival and stage-orientated aspects of theatre research. In reviewing the field in this way, this collection not only offers an account of recent discoveries across a range of countries and types of drama, but also suggests the comparative and interdisciplinary ground on which these fields of research may increasingly come to meet and cross-fertilise one another in the future. A major feature of the book is its authoritative, chronological and fully-indexed bibliography, which should serve as an invaluable guide to the most significant contributions in the field |
Analysis |
Theatre History |
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Western Europe |
Notes |
'Papers .. prepared for a conference convened by The Committee on Medieval Studies of Harvard University, 9-11 October 1986' -- p. xi |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-290) and index |
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Includes index |
Subject |
Drama, Medieval -- Research -- Congresses.
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Drama, Medieval -- Research.
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Theater -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Research -- Congresses.
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Theater -- Europe -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Research -- Congresses
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Theater -- Europe -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Research
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Theater -- Europe -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Research -- Congresses
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Simon, Eckehard.
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LC no. |
89025223 |
ISBN |
0521385148 |
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