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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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author: Gibson, Gail McMurray
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 252 pages : illustrations)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index.