Defining Acts
Subtitle: Drama And The Politics Of Interpretation In Late Medieval England
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: January 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780268036027
Subjects: Plays & playwrights: classical, early & medieval; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; Drama; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Medieval; English drama; History and criticism; Mysteries and miracle-plays, E; Mysteries and miracle-plays, English; Political plays, English; To 1500
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