1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456105303321

Autore

Mills David <1938->

Titolo

Recycling the cycle : the city of Chester and its Whitsun plays / / David Mills

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

1-282-02936-3

9786612029363

1-4426-7908-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Studies in Early English Drama ; ; 4

Disciplina

822.051609

Soggetti

Mysteries and miracle-plays, English - England - Chester - History and criticism

Christian drama, English (Middle) - History and criticism

Theater - England - Chester - History - Medieval, 500-1500

English drama - To 1500 - History and criticism

Bible plays - History and criticism

Cycles (Literature)

Electronic books.

Chester (England) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Play Manuscripts -- 1. Approaches to Early Drama -- 2. Time and Space in Tudor Chester -- 3. Writing the Record -- 4. A Spectrum of Ceremonial and Entertainment -- 5. The Midsummer Celebrations -- 6. Religious Feasts and Festivals -- 7. Professionalism, Commercialism, and Self-Advertisement -- 8. The Past in the Present: The Text of the Whitsun Plays -- 9. Manuscripts, Scribes, and Owners -- 10 .Medievalism and Revival -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

A consciousness of the past has been an essential determinant of community in the city of Chester, England. This awareness and fascination has been bolstered by a strong civic tradition of drama. In



particular, the city's Whitsun Plays have been a vehicle for communicating the myth of the city's medieval heritage, helping to reinforce the sense of history that is part of Chester's identity.Building up the material in REED: Chester, David Mills has produced a detailed study of Chester's Whitsun Plays in their local, physical, social, political, cultural, and religious context. A continuum has survived between the Middle Ages and the present day, providing not only an understanding of the plays themselves, but a narrative of the ways in which manuscripts survive and the functions that they serve. The continued performance of these plays is significant of modern play revivals as a political and sociological phenomenon, demonstrating the power that these rituals and plays still hold.›Recycling the Cycle is not only a look at how medieval and Renaissance cultural traditions developed and were maintained over centuries, but an insight into how those traditions can stay fresh and relevant, even today.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002204569707536

Titolo

Medieval Latin : an introduction and bibliographical guide / edited by F.A.C. Mantello and A.G. Rigg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : Catholic University of America Press, c1996

ISBN

0813208424

Descrizione fisica

XIV, 774 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Rigg, Arthur George

Mantello, Frank Anthony Carl

Disciplina

016.477

Soggetti

Lingua latina medievale

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia