Christian Rite and Christian Drama in the Middle Ages
Essays in the Origin and Early History of Modern Drama
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- Paperback
349 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2019
Summary
Originally published in 1965. The European dramatic tradition rests on a group of religious dramas that appeared between the tenth and twelfth centuries. These dramas, of interest in themselves, are also important for the light they shed on three historical and critical problems: the relation of drama to ritual, the nature of dramatic form, and the development of representational techniques. Hardison’s approach is based on the history of the Christian liturgy, on critical theories concerni…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421430461 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1421430460 |
| Author: | O.B. Hardison, O.B. Hardison, Jr. |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 349 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Open Access |
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O.B. Hardison
O. B. Hardison Jr. is a professor of English at the University of North Carolina and chairman of the Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He is the author of The Enduring Monument: The Idea of Praise in Renaissance Literary Theory and Practice, editor of Modern Continental Literary Criticism: The Renaissance, and associate editor of The Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics.
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