The castle of perseverance
By: edited by David N. Klausner
Series: Middle English texts series
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Kalamazoo, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9781580441490
Subjects: Fall of man; Drama; Theological anthropology; Christianity; English Moralities; English drama
Description: The play deals allegorically with the life of man and his struggle against sin, and the structure is for the most part based on a sequence of temptation, fall and redemption. The play describes the whole ontology of man, opening before his birth and ending after his death and his judgment before the throne of God. The volume includes an introduction, textual and explanatory notes, a bibliography and a glossary.
Notes: "Published for TEAMS (The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages) in association with the University of Rochester."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-132).