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The Drama of Masculinity and Medieval English Guild Culture / by C. Fitzgerald.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fitzgerald, Christina M.
Series:
The New Middle Ages, 2945-5944
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Great Britain--History.
Great Britain.
Literature.
Sex.
Literature, Medieval.
Theater--History.
Theater.
Classical literature.
Literature, Ancient.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Gender Studies.
Medieval Literature.
Theatre History.
Classical and Antique Literature.
Local Subjects:
History of Britain and Ireland.
Literature.
Gender Studies.
Medieval Literature.
Theatre History.
Classical and Antique Literature.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (229 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2007.
Place of Publication:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This study argues that late medieval English 'mystery plays' were about masculinity as much as Christian theology, modes of devotion, or civic self-consciousness. Performed repeatedly by generations of merchants and craftsmen, these Biblical plays produced fantasies and anxieties of middle class, urban masculinity, many of which are familiar today.
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Men in the Household, Guild, and City; 2 The Domestic Scene: Patriarchal Fantasies and Anxieties in the Family and Guild; 3 Male Homosocial Communities and Public Life; 4 Acting Like a Man: The Solitary Christ and Masculinity; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786611363338
9781281363336
1281363332
9780230604995
0230604994
OCLC:
314776119

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