Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays, 9780460872805
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Experience faith, miracles, and mortality in medieval drama’s vibrant world.

Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays

everyman and medieval miracle plays

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    15 August 1993

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Summary

This book is part of the “Everyman” series which has been re-set with wide margins and easy-to-read type and includes marginal glosses and footnotes to explain difficult words and phraseology. Concentrating mainly on “Corpus Christi” pageants, this is a selection of medieval miracle plays. There is also a translation of the Cornish “Death of Pilate” to represent this branch of Celtic literature. The original words of the plays are preserved, but many archaic forms and spellings are modernized…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780460872805
ISBN-10:046087280X
Author:A.C. Cawley
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Edition:2nd
Release Date:15 August 1993
Weight:312g
Dimensions:197mm x 127mm x 197mm
Series:Everyman Paperback Classics
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About The Author

A.C. Cawley

A. C. Cawley was Darnell Professor of English at the University of Queensland from 1959 to 1965 and Professor of English Language and Medieval English Literature at the University of Leeds from 1965 to 1979. He died in 1993.

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