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Death by drama and other medieval urban legends / Jody Enders.
LIBRA - Furness Storage PN1751 .E48 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Enders, Jody, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--Europe--History--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Theater.
- Drama, Medieval--History and criticism.
- Drama, Medieval.
- Legends in literature.
- History.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsPrologueIntroduction: Medieval Urban Legends?Part I: Telling the Difference1. Lusting after Saints2. Queer Attractions3. Of Madness and Method Acting4. Two Priests and the Hand of God5. Dying to Play6. The Eel of Melun7. The Devil Who Wasn't TherePart II: Make-Believe8. The Laughter of the Children9. Burnt Theatrical Offerings10. Theater's Living Dead11. The Mysterious Quarry12. Seeing Is Believing13. The Suicide of Despair14. Death by DramaEpilogue: The Moment of TruthAppendix: Original Documents in French and LatinNotesWorks CitedIndex
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0226207870
- OCLC:
- 49421609
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