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A common stage : theater and public life in medieval Arras /

"Medieval Arras was a thriving town on the frontier between the kingdom of France and the county of Flanders, and home to Europe's earliest surviving vernacular plays. In A Common Stage, Carol Symes undertakes a cultural archaeology of these artifacts, analyzing the process by which a hand...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Symes, Carol (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Colección:Conjunctions of religion & power in the medieval past.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Medieval Arras was a thriving town on the frontier between the kingdom of France and the county of Flanders, and home to Europe's earliest surviving vernacular plays. In A Common Stage, Carol Symes undertakes a cultural archaeology of these artifacts, analyzing the process by which a handful of entertainments were conceived, transmitted, received, and recorded during the thirteenth century. She then places the resulting scripts alongside other documented performances: the crying of news, publication of law, preaching of sermons, and arrangement of civic spectacles. A Common Stage thus challenges the prevalent understanding of theater history while offering the first comprehensive history of a community often credited with the invention of French as a powerful literary language."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 335 pages) : illustrations, maps, music
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-316) and index.
ISBN:9781501726613
1501726617