The York Corpus Christi Play: Selected Pageants: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition

ISBN-13: 9781554814299 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 360 str.

Christina M. Fitzgerald; John T. Sebastian

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The York Corpus Christi Play as we know it consists of 47 surviving individual plays or ""pageants"", 27 of which are included in this volume. In addition to 27 of the pageants, this new edition includes extensive annotation (both marginal glosses and explanatory footnotes), a wide-ranging introduction, and a helpful selection of background contextual materials.

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• Introduction
• The York Corpus Christi Play: Selected Pageants
• The Barkers
• Pageant 1: The Creation of the Angels and the Fall of Lucifer
• The Plasterers
• Pageant 2: The Creation
• The Coopers
• Pageant 5: The Fall of Adam and Eve
• The Shipwrights
• Pageant 8: The Building of the Ark
• The Fishers and Mariners
• Pageant 9: The Flood
• The Parchmentmakers and Bookbinders
• Pageant 10: Abraham and Isaac
• The Hosiers
• Pageant 11: Moses and Pharaoh
• The Spicers
• Pageant 12: The Annunciation and Visitation
• The Pewterers and Founders
• Pageant 13: Joseph's Trouble About Mary
• The Tilethatchers
• Pageant 14: The Nativity
• The Chandlers
• Pageant 15: The Shepherds
• The Masons; The Goldsmiths
• Pageant 16: Herod and the Magi; The Offering of the Magi
• The Girdlers and Nailers
• Pageant 19: The Slaughter of the Innocents
• The Capmakers
• Pageant 24: The Woman Taken in Adultery and the Raising of Lazarus
• The Skinners
• Pageant 25: The Entry into Jerusalem
• The Bowers and Fletchers
• Pageant 29: Christ Before Annas and Caiaphas
• The Tapiters and Couchers
• Pageant 30: The First Trial Before Pilate: The Dream of Pilate’s Wife
• The Litsters
• Pageant 31: The Trial Before Herod
• The Tilemakers
• Pageant 33: The Second Trial Before Pilate: The Judgment
• The Pinners
• Pageant 35: The Crucifixion
• The Butchers
• Pageant 36: The Death of Christ
• The Saddlers
• Pageant 37: The Harrowing of Hell
• The Carpenters
• Pageant 38: The Resurrection
• The Winedrawers
• Pageant 39: Christ's Appearance to Mary Magdalene
• The Drapers
• Pageant 44: The Death of Mary
• The Weavers
• Pageant 45: The Assumption of Mary
• The Mercers
• Pageant 47: The Last Judgment
• In Context
• Four Middle English Crucifixion Poems (c. 1340-1400)
• “Ye that passen by the way”
• “Men rent me on rood”
• “Stand well, Mother, under rood”
• “I sike when I sing”
• Select Civic and Guild Records
• From the Mercers' Pageant Accounts (1462)
• From the City Chamberlains’ Rolls: Account of Receipts for Station Placement (1462)
• An Ordinance of the Tanners (1476)
• From the City Council Minutes: Two Judgments Concerning Pageant Costs (1517)
• Manuscript Images
• Page from the Tile Thatchers’ Nativity
• Page from the Girdlers’ and Nailers’ Slaughter of the Innocents
• Page from the Pinners’ Crucifixion
• Other Images
• Holkham Bible: Adam and Eve
• Bedford Hours: Noah Building the Ark
• Canterbury Psalter: Scenes from Christ’s infancy
• Holkham Bible: Crucifixion
• Gough Psalter: The Harrowing of Hell