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Comprehensive itemisation and technical description of the medieval
manuscripts in Pepys's Library. No fewer than twenty-three of
Pepys's thirty-eight medieval manuscripts contain Middle English
texts, and date from the 14th and 15th centuries. Devotional tracts
and religious poetry predominate, though there is also a corpus
ofsecular poetry by Lydgate and Chaucer, and some scientific and
medical material; a notable rarity is the Caxton Ovid. His Latin
books include Bacon's Perspectivaand other treatises on optics, and
the mathematical treatisesof Johannes de Nemore. Some books he
chose purely for their illustrations, such as a French and Latin
Apocalypse and a model book of the 15th century. The oldest book in
the collection is a late 12th-century copy of Isidore of Seville's
Etymologiae. The catalogue effectively revises, expands, and
replaces the 1922 catalogue of M.R. James. ROSAMOND McKITTERICK is
Reader in early medieval European history in the University of
Cambridge; RICHARD BEADLEis lecturer in English at the University
of Cambridge.
The drama of the English Middle Ages is perennially popular with
students and theatre audiences alike, and this is an updated
edition of a book which has established itself as a standard guide
to the field. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre,
second edition, continues to provide an authoritative introduction
and an up-to-date, illustrated guide to the mystery cycles,
morality drama and saints' plays which flourished from the late
fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries. The book emphasises
regional diversity in the period and engages with the literary and
particularly the theatrical values of the plays. Existing chapters
have been revised and updated where necessary, and there are three
entirely new chapters, including one on the cultural significance
of early drama. A thoroughly revised reference section includes a
guide to scholarship and criticism, an enlarged classified
bibliography and a chronological table.
The drama of the English Middle Ages is perennially popular with
students and theatre audiences alike, and this is an updated
edition of a book which has established itself as a standard guide
to the field. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre,
second edition, continues to provide an authoritative introduction
and an up-to-date, illustrated guide to the mystery cycles,
morality drama and saints' plays which flourished from the late
fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries. The book emphasises
regional diversity in the period and engages with the literary and
particularly the theatrical values of the plays. Existing chapters
have been revised and updated where necessary, and there are three
entirely new chapters, including one on the cultural significance
of early drama. A thoroughly revised reference section includes a
guide to scholarship and criticism, an enlarged classified
bibliography and a chronological table.
This volume offers 22 of the central pageants which make up York's
famous Corpus Christi cycle. The York cycle is the oldest and
best-known of the English mystery cycles, and its depth and scope
are reflected in the selection printed here. The shape of the cycle
was governed by subject matter of enduring spiritual significance,
both to its contemporary audience and in later literary and
artistic tradition, and the selection reflects these concerns.
Included are plays on the Creation, the Fall of Man, the
Incarnation, Passion, and Resurrection of Christ, and the Last
Judgement. The Passion sequence has been expanded by six of the
eight plays generally attributed to the great poetic dramatist
known as the York Realist: the authentic text of these plays is not
otherwise available in paperback. As well as providing detailed
annotation, this edition offers an introduction which examines the
history of the cycle and discusses the immensely popular modern
productions in York and elsewhere. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100
years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range
of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume
reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most
accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including
expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to
clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and
much more.
This is the second volume to complete this definitive scholarly
edition of the York Plays. It supersedes this editor's previous
edition (of the text only), published in the York Medieval Texts
Series in 1982. Volume 2 offers an entirely new, full commentary
and glossary to facilitate study of the revised and corrected text
(published with the Introduction in volume 1), and incorporating
the most recent scholarly views and discoveries. The York Plays, a
cycle of religious dramas on Biblical subjects, ranging from the
Creation through the life and Passion of Christ, to the Last
Judgement, are one of the great literary and theatrical monuments
of the later Middle Ages in English. They were financed by
merchants and master craftsmen and their guilds, and expressed not
only the essential theological land devotional beliefs of their
time, but also the wealth, prestige, and economic vitality of
medieval York.
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