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Comic Drama in the Low Countries, c.1450-1560 - A Critical Anthology (Hardcover)
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Comic Drama in the Low Countries, c.1450-1560 - A Critical Anthology (Hardcover)
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Text and translation of comic plays sheds light on a fascinating
era of theatrical production. `[Opens] up an entirely new corpus of
texts for scholars and readers familar with and interested in
European dramatic texts from this period, but who have heretofore
not had access to them due to the language barrier.' Professor
David F. Johnson, Florida State University, Tallahassee During the
Middle Ages and early modern period, a dramatic culture of
astonishing vitality developed in the Low Countries. Owing to the
activities of organisationsknown as rederijkerskamers, or "chambers
of rhetoric", drama became a central aspect of public life in the
cities of the Netherlands. The comedies produced by these groups
are particularly interesting. Drawing their forms and narratives
from folklore and popular ritual, and entertaining in their own
right, they also bring together a range of important concerns; they
respond directly to some of the key developments in the period,
reflecting the political and religious turmoil of the Reformation
and Dutch Revolt, the emergence of humanism, and the appearance of
an early capitalist economy. This collection brings together the
original Middle Dutch text of ten of these comic plays, with facing
translation into modern English. The selection is divided evenly
between formal stage-plays and monologues, and provides a
representation of the full range of rederijker drama, from the
sophisticatedFarce of the Fisherman, with its sly undermining of
audience expectation, to the hearty scatology of A Mock-Sermon on
Saint Nobody, and the grim gallows humour of The Farce of the
Beggar. An introduction and notes place the plays in their context
and elucidate difficulties of interpretation. Ben Parsons is
Teaching Fellow at the University of Leicester; Bas Jongenelen is
teacher of Dutch Literature at Fontys Lerarenopleidingin Tilburg.
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