Saints at Play : The Performance Features of French Hagiographic Mystery Plays /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamblin, V. L. (Vicki Lou)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Kalamazoo : Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
French Literature.
Languages & Literatures.
Romance Literatures.
Theater > Medieval.
Mysteries and miracle-plays, French.
French drama.
Christian saints in literature.
Christian drama, French.
Mysteres et miracles français > Histoire et critique.
Saints chretiens dans la litterature.
Theâtre français > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Theâtre > France > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Mysteries and miracle-plays, French > History and criticism.
Christian drama, French > History and criticism.
French drama > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Theater > France > History > Medieval, 500-1500.
France.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Grans et petis vueillez vous taire" : Communities at Play
  • "Entendés si voulés aprandre" : Genre, Content, Identity
  • "Tout cecy sera récité" : Texts and Contexts
  • "Vous pouez veoir en ce repaire" : Theatrical Spaces and Places
  • "Et qui doyt commencer commence" : Performing the Plays
  • Conclusion : "Que voiz cy le livre achevé" : Reading Performance.

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