Language and Stage in Medieval and Renaissance England

Klappentext This study explores the use of other languages, especially Latin, in medieval and Renaissance English drama. Zusammenfassung This study explores the use of other languages in medieval and Renaissance English drama. From the mystery cycles to Shakespeare! Janette Dillon examines why other languages increasingly invade English plays! and how their significance is illuminated by developments in Church and state. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Conventions and abbreviations; 1. Verbum Dei and the rise of English; 2. Staging truth; 3. The voice of God; 4. The controlling state; 5. The value of learning; 6. Shaping a rhetoric; 7. English and alien; 8. Rebels and outcasts; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Janette Dillon, Janette (University of Nottingham) Dillon, Dillon Janette
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521032155
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03215-5
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights