The Queen's Dumbshows : John Lydgate and the Making of Early Theater /

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No medieval writer reveals more about early English drama than John Lydgate, Claire Sponsler contends. Best known for his enormously long narrative poems The Fall of Princes and The Troy Book, Lydgate also wrote numerous verses related to theatrical performances and ceremonies. This rich yet underst...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sponsler, Claire (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Colección:The Middle Ages Series
Temas:
Literature.
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism.
Cultural Studies.
Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Theater History as a Challenge to Literary History
  • Chapter 1. Shirley's Hand
  • Chapter 2. Vernacular Cosmopolitanism: London Mummings and Disguisings
  • Chapter 3. Performing Pictures
  • Chapter 4. Performance and Gloss: Th e Pro cession of Corpus Christi
  • Chapter 5. Inscription and Ceremony: The 1432 Royal Entry
  • Chapter 6. Edible Th eater
  • Chapter 7. The Queen's Dumbshows
  • Chapter 8. On Drama's Trail
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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