French Visual Culture and the Making of Medieval Theater

ISBN-13: 9781107040472 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 305 str.

Laura Weigert

Opis

This book revives the variety of performances that took place in the realms of the French kings and Burgundian dukes.

Recenzje

'A particular strength of this book is the attention paid to language. Throughout, Weigert offers illuminating analyses of words such as mystère, personnage, scena, theatrum, and vif (het levende/dlevende in Middle Dutch), which had broad semantic fields and for which there exist no direct equivalents in modern English. … Readers interested in late medieval and early modern art history, history, literature, performance studies, and urban studies will find much to appreciate.' Mark Cruse, Mediaevistik

Spis treści

Introduction: from theatricality to theater; 1. 'Vocamus personagias': the enlivened figures of ephemeral stagings; 2. 'Ouvrez vos yeux et regardez': illuminated passion plays and the commemoration of performance; 3. 'Faire semblant': make-believe and the experience of heroic battles; 4. 'Cy s'ensuit le mystère': creating a spectator and a reader of French plays; 5. 'C'était qu'un jeu industrieux': artifice and authenticity in the devil's play; Conclusion: mysterious ends, 1548–77.