The English Mummers and Their Plays : Traces of Ancient Mystery /

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Ann...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brody, Alan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Colección:Folklore and Folklife
Temas:
Mumming > England.
Folk drama, English.
Momerie > Angleterre.
Théâtre populaire anglais.
DRAMA > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Folk drama, English
Mumming
England
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • ONE. Investigating the Action
  • TWO. Performing the Action
  • THREE. The Hero-Combat
  • FOUR. The Sword Play
  • FIVE. The Wooing Ceremony
  • SIX. Traces of Ancient Mystery
  • APPENDICES
  • A. The Netley Abbey Mummers' Play
  • B. The Greatham Sword Dance Play
  • C. The Bassingham Men's Play 1823 Xmas
  • D. Excursus on the Entertainment at Revesby
  • E. Excursus on the Papa Stour Text
  • F. Lines 109-131 of The Alcestis
  • G The Rumanian Kalusari Play
  • H. Extract of a Letter from E.M. Leather
  • I. An Account of the Mummers, 1793
  • Notes
  • Bibliography of Works Consulted
  • Index of Characters and Plays
  • Index of Subjects

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