Theater of the word : selfhood in the English morality play / Julie Paulson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paulson, Julie C., 1970- author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Reformations

ReFormations : medieval and early modern

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self in literature.

Moralities, English--History and criticism.

Moralities, English.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 229 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Paulson highlights a paradox of scholarship on medieval concepts of the self: The concept of an 'interior' self that is to some extent hidden from an 'external' world is uniquely modern, and hence alien to the medieval period; nevertheless, studies of the medieval idea of the self still privilege this modern binary in the language they use. What is needed, Paulson argues, is a new way of speaking about the medieval self that does not privilege anachronistic terms and concepts. To provide this, Paulson turns to the medieval morality plays--performances which depict selves being created through performative acts--to construct a more appropriate form of discourse"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The castle of perseverance and penitential platea

A theater of the soul's interior : contemplative literature and penitential education in wisdom

Speaking for mankind

Everyman and community

A new theater of the word : the morality play and the English Reformation

Conclusion : morality drama inside out.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-218) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Paulson, Julie C., 1970- author. Theater of the word

ISBN:

9780268104610

0268104611

9780268104627

026810462X

OCLC:

1053480963