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Drama, play, and game : English festive culture in the medieval and early modern period / Lawrence M. Clopper.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR641 .C58 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clopper, Lawrence M., 1941-2014.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama--To 1500--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.
- Theater--England--History--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Theater.
- Games.
- History.
- Festivals.
- Recreation.
- England.
- Medievalism--England--History--16th century.
- Medievalism.
- England--Social life and customs--1066-1485.
- Manners and customs.
- Recreation--England--History--To 1500.
- Festivals--England--History--To 1500.
- Games--England--History--To 1500.
- Genre:
- Games.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Theatrum and the Rhetoric of Abuse in the Middle Ages2. Miracula, Ludi inhonesti, "Somergames," and the Tretise of Miraclis Pleyinge3. Communitas: The Ludi of Monasteries and Cathedrals, Towns and Parishes4. Civitas: Drama and the City5. Texts and Performances6. The Matter of These Plays7. Variety in the Dramas of East Anglia8. The Persistence of "Medieval Drama" in the Tudor and Elizabethan PeriodsAppendix I. References to Miracula, Miracles, and Steracles in Medieval and Early Modern EnglandAppendix II. Communitas: The Play of Saints in Late Medieval and Tudor EnglandWorks CitedIndex
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-330) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226110303
- OCLC:
- 45243144
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