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Essays on festive drama - plays, pageantry and traditional
ceremonies - of the European middle ages, with comparative
material. Festive drama, in these studies, includes processions and
folk-customs as well as full-blown plays, from Spain, the
Netherlands, France, Germany, Britain, Denmark, and Bohemia (now
the Czech Republic). The main focus is the middleages, but style
and approach are as relevant as time-scale, reflecting a culture in
which there are no firm divisions between drama and pageantry and
traditional ceremonies. Common themes emerge: the world turned
upside-down of Shrovetide; the emotive power of religious
celebration; and the links between commerce and the demonstration
of civic pride. Festive customs are viewed as hidden agendas of
popular culture, and performances are reconstructed. Thisis the
obverse of art and power: the means by which the people, not the
princes, rule the world. Professor MEG TWYCROSS teaches at the
Department of English at Lancaster University. Contributors: PETER
H. GREENFIELD, OLGA HORNER, SHEILA LINDENBAUM, CLAIRE SPONSLER,
RONALD E. SURTZ, RAFAEL PORTILLO, MANUEL J. GOMEZ LARA, PAMELA M.
KING, ROBERT POTTER, JOHN CARTWRIGHT, DAVID MILLS, JAMES STOKES,
ALAN E. KNIGHT, MARJOKE DE ROOS, FEMKE KRAMER, TOM PETTITT, LEIF
SNDERGAARD, WIM HUESKEN, JEAN-MARC PASTREE, SALLY-BETH MACLEAN,
MALCOLM JONES, CHRISTINE RICHARDSON, JARMILA F. VELTRUSKY, JOHN
COLDEWEY.
Aspects of medieval theatre examined for reflection of contemporary
life. The essays in this volume explore ways in which plays and
public spectacles mirrored the beliefs and values of the late
medieval world. Topics covered include seasonal festivals, trade
gilds, stagecraft, and the role played by themunicipal governments
in fostering and controlling dramatic productions. The geographic
range takes in all western Europe, with particular consideration of
the connections between the various medieval European dramatic
traditions. Inter-disciplinary in approach, perspectives range from
the history of theatre to cultural and political history and
literary criticism. There is particular emphasis on the real
advances that can be made in expanding knowledge of medieval
theatre through research in local and regional archives. ALAN E.
KNIGHT is professor emeritus of French at the Pennsylvania State
University. Contributors: ALEXANDRA F. JOHNSTON, LYNETTE R. MUIR,
PAMELA SHEINGORN, R.B. DOBSON, GERARD NIJSTEN, CLIFFORD DAVIDSON,
WIM HUESKEN, STEPHEN SPECTOR, ALAN E. KNIGHT
Le tome IV des Mysteres de la procession de Lille contient ledition
critique de vingt-et-un mysteres inspires du Nouveau Testament. Ces
pieces dramatiques sont connues par un manuscrit unique conserve a
la Herzog August Bibliothek a Wolfenbuettel, qui renferme en tout
soixante-douze mysteres joues a loccasion de la grande procession
annuelle de Lille. Les mysteres presentes par Alan E. Knight dans
ce tome traitent des evenements de la vie de Jesus et de ses
apotres, y compris des episodes de la vie de Jean-Baptiste et de la
Vierge Marie. Sil est surprenant de ne pas y trouver de scenes de
la Passion, cest que les echevins de la ville avaient accorde a
lune des compagnies de jeunesse, les compagnons de Saint-Sauveur,
le droit exclusif de representer ces dernieres sur des chariots qui
defilaient dans la procession. Le cinquieme et dernier tome de la
serie donnera ledition des mysteres inspires de lhistoire romaine
et des legendes chretiennes; il sera accompagne de la reproduction
en couleurs x des illustrations du manuscrit sur CD-rom.
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