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UNINA9910457369903321 |
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Autore |
Sponsler Claire |
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Titolo |
Drama and resistance [[electronic resource] ] : bodies, goods, and theatricality in late medieval England / / Claire Sponsler |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1997 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Collana |
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Medieval cultures ; ; v. 10 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English drama - To 1500 - History and criticism |
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English - History and criticism |
Christian drama, English (Middle) - History and criticism |
Theater - England - History - Medieval, 500-1500 |
Moralities, English - History and criticism |
Literature and society - England - History |
Civilization, Medieval, in literature |
Social history - Medieval, 500-1500 |
Social problems in literature |
Human body in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-203) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Introduction: Bodily Transactions: Performance, Identity, and Commodification; 1. Fashioned Subjectivity and the Regulation of Difference; 2. Counterfeit in Their Array: Cross-Dressing in Robin Hood Performances; 3. Conduct Books and Good Governance; 4. Mischievous Governance: The Unruly Bodies of Morality Plays; 5. Devoted Bodies: Books of Hours and the Self-Consuming Subject; 6. Violated Bodies: The Spectacle of Suffering in Corpus Christi Pageants; Afterword: Domination, Resistance, and the Consumer; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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