The theater of devotion : East Anglian drama and society in the late Middle Ages / Gail McMurray Gibson.
In this interdisciplinary study of drama, arts, and spirituality, Gail Gibson provides a provocative reappraisal of fifteenth-century English theater through a detailed portrait of the flourishing cultures of Suffolk and Norfolk. By emphasizing the importance of the Incarnation of Christ as a model...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1989.
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Summary: | In this interdisciplinary study of drama, arts, and spirituality, Gail Gibson provides a provocative reappraisal of fifteenth-century English theater through a detailed portrait of the flourishing cultures of Suffolk and Norfolk. By emphasizing the importance of the Incarnation of Christ as a model and justification for late medieval drama and art, Gibson challenges currently held views of the secularization of late medieval culture. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 252 pages : illustrations) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index. |