Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre

Informationen zum Autor Dr Richard Beadle is Reader in Medieval English Literature and Historical Bibliography in the English Faculty, St John's College, Cambridge. Klappentext The drama of the English Middle Ages is perennially popular with students and theatre audiences alike, and this is an updated edition of a book which has established itself as a standard guide to the field. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre, second edition continues to provide an authoritative introduction and an up-to-date, illustrated guide to the mystery cycles, morality drama and saints' plays which flourished from the late fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries. The book emphasises regional diversity in the period and engages with the literary and particularly the theatrical values of the plays. Existing chapters have been revised and updated where necessary, and there are three entirely new chapters, including one on the cultural significance of early drama. A thoroughly revised reference section includes a guide to scholarship and criticism, an enlarged classified bibliography and a chronological table. Zusammenfassung This Companion has established itself as a standard guide to the field! and this revised edition contains three new chapters and continues to provide an authoritative introduction and an illustrated guide. A thoroughly revised reference section includes a guide to scholarship and criticism and an enlarged classified bibliography. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronological table; 1. An introduction to medieval English theatre Alexandra F. Johnston; 2. The theatricality of medieval English plays Meg Twycross; 3. The cultural work of early drama Greg Walker; 4. The York Corpus Christi play Richard Beadle; 5. The Chester cycle David Mills; 6. The Towneley pageants Peter Meredith; 7. The N-Town plays Alan J. Fletcher; 8. The non-cycle plays and the East Anglian tradition John C. Coldewey; 9. Morality plays Pamela M. King; 10. Saints and miracles Darryll Grantley; 11. Modern productions of medieval English drama John McKinnell; 12. A guide to criticism of medieval English theatre Peter Happé; Select bibliography....

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Beadle, Richard Fletcher Beadle
• Con la collaborazione di: Richard Beadle (Editore), Richard (University of Cambridge) Beadle (Editore), Beadle Richard (Editore), Alan J. Fletcher (Editore), Alan J. (University College Dublin) Fletcher (Editore), Fletcher Alan J. (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.07.2008
• EAN: 9780521682541
• ISBN: 978-0-521-68254-1
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 225 mm x 24 mm
• Serie: Cambridge Companions to Literature; Cambridge companion; Cambridge Companions to Literature; Cambridge companion
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; England, English, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights