The idea of the theater in Latin Christian thought : Augustine to the fourteenth century / Donnalee Dox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dox, Donnalee.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Rome--Historiography.

Theater.

Theater--History--To 500--Historiography.

Theater--History--Medieval, 500-1500--Historiography.

Theater--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Theater--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Christian literature, Early--Latin authors--History and criticism.

Christian literature, Early.

Christian literature, Early--Latin authors.

Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--History and criticism.

Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern).

Theater--Religious aspects--Christianity.

History.

Historiography.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 196 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Idea of a Theater in Late Antiquity: Augustine's Critique and Isidore's History 11

Chapter 2 Transmission and Transformation: Liturgical Allegory and the Idea of Theater 43

Chapter 3 Renaissance and Reorientation: Ancient Theater Revisited in the Twelfth Century 72

Chapter 4 From Poetics to Performance: The Reception and Interpretation of Aristotle's Poetics to the Early Fourteenth Century 95

Chapter 5 Afterword: From Idea to Practice 125.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-189) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472025152

Publisher Number:

10.3998/mpub.17485

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.