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

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The Queen's Dumbshows explores the importance of John Lydgate's mummings and entertainments for literary and theatrical history, rethinking what constitutes "drama" in late medieval England and what role it played in public life.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Sponsler, Claire
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Édition:1st ed.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Lydgate, John, > 1370?-1451?
Lydgate, John, > 1370?-1451? > Criticism and interpretation.
Theater > Medieval.
English literature > Middle English.
English drama.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
Litterature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Theâtre anglais > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Theâtre > Angleterre > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
English drama > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Theater > England > History > Medieval, 500-1500.
England.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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