Memory, images, and the English Corpus Christi drama / Theodore K. Lerud.

Author/creator Lerud, Theodore Karl, 1951-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Descriptionxvi, 181 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English--History and criticism.
Christian drama, English (Middle)--History and criticism.
Bible plays, English--History and criticism.
Memory in literature.
Visual perception in literature.
Imagery (Psychology) in literature.
Christian art and symbolism in literature.
Art and literature--England. --History. --To 1500.
Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery. --England.

SeriesNew Middle Ages
New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)) ^A688344
Contents Medieval culture and the memory arts -- The position of theater in the thought of Augustine of Hippo -- Medieval Aristotelianism and the poetics of the English Corpus Christi drama -- Thomas Aquinas and the rehabilitation of the image: a context for the development of medieval drama -- Drama as quick image: the fifteenth-century context -- Corpus Christi drama and the places of memory: liturgical precedents and illuminated manuscript analogues -- Plays, places, and the dramatic records -- A bird in the hand: shifting politics and processions at Chester -- Reinventing the cycle: the banns, the text, and the pentecostal design -- The missing link: spaces, places, and the Chester Whitsun plays.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index.
LCCN 2008003368
ISBN0230603211 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780230603219 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR 643.C7 L46 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold