Title:
Medieval English drama; essays critical and contextual. Edited by Jerome Taylor and Alan H. Nelson.
Patterns of literary criticism
Main Entry:
Taylor, Jerome, 1918- comp.
Nelson, Alan H., joint comp.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Publication Date:
[1972]
Publication Place:
Chicago,
ISBN:
0226791467
Subject:
English drama -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English -- History and criticism.
Bible plays, English -- History and criticism.
Moralities, English -- History and criticism.
Series:
Patterns of literary criticism
Contents:
Taylor, J. Critics, mutations, and historians of medieval English drama: an introduction to the essays that follow.--Marshall, M. H. Aesthetic values of the liturgical drama.--Dunn, E. C. Voice structure in the liturgical drama; Sepet reconsidered.--Smoldon, W. L. The melodies of the medieval church dramas and their significance.--Brown, H. M. Musicians in the Mystلeres and miracles.--Loomis, L. H. Secular dramatics in the royal palace, Paris, 1378, 1389, and Chaucer's "Tregetoures."--Nelson, A. H. Some configurations of staging in medieval English drama.--Taylor, J. The dramatic structure of the Middle English Corpus Christi, or cycle, plays.--Elliott, J. R., Jr. The sacrifice of Isaac as comedy and tragedy.--Ross, L. J. Symbol and structure in the Secunda pastorum.--Carpenter, N. C. Music in the Secunda pastorum.--Nelson, A. H. The temptation of Christ; or, The temptation of Satan.--Robinson, J. W. The art of the York realist.--Diller, H.-J. The craftsmanship of the Wakefield master.--Leigh, D. J. The Doomsday mystery play: an eschatological morality.--Schell, E. T. On the imitation of life's pilgrimage in the Castle of perseverance.--Schmitt, N. C. Was there a medieval theater in the round?--Kolve, V. A. Everyman and the parable of the talents.
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