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The Marys of medieval drama : the Middle English Digby and N-town in translation / [compiled by] Colleen E. Donnelly.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.
- Mary Magdalene, Saint.
- Mysteries and miracle-plays, English--England.
- Mysteries and miracle-plays, English.
- Mary Magdalene, Saint--Drama.
- Mary Magdalene.
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Drama.
- Mary.
- English drama.
- England.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 198 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Contains modern translations of plays performed during the late Middle Ages in England about the lives of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene. These plays provide a link between canonical Scripture, apocryphal and gnostic materials from the first centuries of Christianity that survived secreted or in oral tradition, legendary materials that developed over the ensuing centuries, and contemporary medieval religious belief and practices.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Women in early Christianity and the Middle Ages
- The reputation of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene in the Middle Ages
- Vernacular religion
- Middle English Biblically based drama
- Why these plays and what are their origins?
- Historical and contemporary issues
- Conclusion
- A note on the modernized translation. The N-Town Mary Play and Marion materials
- The Digby Mary Magdalene. Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-198).
- ISBN:
- 9789088903670
- 9088903670
- OCLC:
- 939998044
- Publisher Number:
- 99969737566
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