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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
Autor principal: Symes, Carol
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : locating a medieval theater
  • A history play : the Jeu de saint Nicolas and the world of Arras
  • Prodigals and jongleurs : initiative and agency in a theater town
  • Access to the media : publicity, participation, and the public sphere
  • Relics and rites : "The play of the bower" and other plays
  • Lives in the theater
  • Conclusion : on looking into a medieval theater.