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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818668903321

Autore

Scoville Chester N (Chester Norman), 1968- <1968->

Titolo

Saints and the audience in Middle English biblical drama / / Chester N. Scoville

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-281-99257-7

9786611992576

1-4426-7954-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Disciplina

822.05160901

Soggetti

Mysteries and miracle-plays, English - History and criticism

Christian drama, English (Middle) - History and criticism

Theater audiences - England - History - To 1500

English drama - To 1500 - History and criticism

Bible plays, English - History and criticism

Christian saints in literature

History

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Mittelenglisch

England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Medieval Drama and Community Identity -- Thomas and the Limits of Rhetoric -- Mary Magdalene and Ethical Decorum -- Joseph, Pathos, and the Audience -- Paul and the Rhetoric of Sainthood.

Sommario/riassunto

"The study of saints in medieval biblical drama has often been neglected in favour of the study of sinners - the villains and the rogues. In Saints and the Audience in Middle English Biblical Drama, Chester N. Scoville takes a different tack, examining the language and rhetoric of saintly characters in Middle English biblical plays. Scoville



contends that the plays focus attention on the interaction between the divine realm and the human realm, that the saintly characters are key to seeing this interaction, and that the overall function of the plays is to instill in the audience a shared point of view defined both by doctrine and by experience."--Jacket.