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Drama and Resistance: Bodies, Goods, and Theatricality in Late Medieval England Volume 10
ISBN: 9780816629275 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Provides a cultural and historical context for medieval popular drama.
In Drama and Resistance, Claire Sponsler explores the intertwined histories of bodily subjectivity, commodity culture, and theatricality in late medieval England. In a fascinating consideration of popular drama in the period from 1350 to 1520, she argues that many types of performances during this time represented cultural evasions of the imposition of disciplinary power. The medieval theater was a social site where resistance, masked from the full scrutiny of authority by theatricality, was practiced, articulated, and... Provides a cultural and historical context for medieval popular drama.
In Drama and Resistance, Claire Sponsler explores the intertwined histories o... |
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145,74 zł |
Ritual Imports: Performing Medieval Drama in America
ISBN: 9780801442957 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Throughout the Americas, performances deriving from medieval European rituals, ceremonies, and festivities made up a crucial part of the cultural cargo shipped from Europe to the overseas settlements. In 1583, Sir Humphrey Gilbert sailed from Plymouth, England, to Newfoundland, bringing with him "morris dancers, hobby horses, and Maylike Conceits" for the "allurement of the savages" and the "solace of our people." His voyage closely resembled that of twelve Franciscan friars who in 1524 had arrived in what is now Mexico armed with a repertoire of miracle plays, religious processions, and...
Throughout the Americas, performances deriving from medieval European rituals, ceremonies, and festivities made up a crucial part of the cultural carg...
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260,35 zł |
The Queen's Dumbshows: John Lydgate and the Making of Early Theater
ISBN: 9780812245950 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. No medieval writer reveals more about early English drama than John Lydgate, Claire Sponsler contends. Best known for his enormously long narrative poems The Fall of Princes and The Troy Book, Lydgate also wrote numerous verses related to theatrical performances and ceremonies. This rich yet understudied body of material includes mummings for London guildsmen and sheriffs, texts for wall hangings that combined pictures and poetry, a Corpus Christi procession, and entertainments for the young Henry VI and his mother. In The Queen's Dumbshows, Sponsler reclaims... No medieval writer reveals more about early English drama than John Lydgate, Claire Sponsler contends. Best known for his enormously long narrative... |
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322,83 zł |