A cultural history of tragedy in the middle ages / [edited by] Jody Enders, Theresa Coletti, John T. Sebastian and Carol Symes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Enders, Jody, 1955- editor.

Coletti, Theresa, 1950- editor.

Sebastian, John T., 1975- editor.

Symes, Carol, editor.

Series:

Cultural histories series

Cultural history of tragedy ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tragedy--History.

Tragedy.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

Historically, scholars have largely endorsed the truism that there was no such thing as medieval tragedy, a genre long believed to have died between 500 and 1500 as it awaited its literal Renaissance rebirth. Now, for the first time, a distinguished group of authors comes forward to recalibrate our thinking by rewriting the cultural history of tragedy in the Middle Ages. Reports of the so-called death of medieval tragedy, they argue, have been greatly exaggerated; and, for the Middle Ages, the stakes couldn't be higher. Eight essays offer a blueprint for future study as they take up the extensive but much-neglected medieval engagement with tragic genres, modes, and performances from the vantage points of gender, politics, theology, history, social theory, anthropology, philosophy, economics, and media studies. The result? A recuperated medieval tragedy that is as much a branch of literature as it is of theology, politics, law, or ethics and which, at long last, rejoins the millennium-long conversation about one of the world's most enduring art forms. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: forms and media; sites of performance and circulation; communities of production and consumption; philosophy and social theory; religion, ritual and myth; politics of city and nation; society and family, and gender and sexuality. As a whole, the volume provides a panoramic view rich in spatial, temporal, formal, and contextual concerns.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Forms and Media

2. Sites of Performance and Circulation

3. Communities of Production and Consumption

4. Philosophy and Social Theory

5. Religion, Ritual and Myth

6. Politics of City and Nation

7. Society and Family

8. Gender and Sexuality.

Notes:

Online resource; description from resource and publisher's metadata (viewed on 16 May 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474208222

Publisher Number:

192938

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.