The theater of devotion
Subtitle: East Anglian drama and society in the late Middle Ages
By: Gail McMurray Gibson.
Publisher: Brand: University Of Chicago Press; University Of Chicago Press
Published: Dec 15, 1989
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Christian drama, English (Middle) -- England -- East Anglia -- History and criticism; Devotional literature, English -- History and criticism; Literature and society -- England -- East Anglia -- History; Mysteries and miracle plays, English -- England -- East Anglia -- History and criticism; Theater -- England -- East Anglia -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500; East Anglia (England) -- Church history; East Anglia (England) -- Civilization; East Anglia (England) -- In literature
Description: In this interdisciplinary study of drama, arts, and spirituality, Gail Gibson provides a provocative reappraisal of fifteenth-century English theater through a detailed portrait of the flourishing cultures of Suffolk and Norfolk. By emphasizing the importance of the Incarnation of Christ as a model and justification for late medieval drama and art, Gibson challenges currently held views of the secularization of late medieval culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-240) and index.

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