A Cultural History of Theatre in the Middle Ages (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Enders, Jody

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Historically and broadly defined as the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Renaissance, the Middle Ages encompass a millennium of cultural conflicts and developments. A large body of mystery, passion, miracle and morality plays cohabited with song, dance, farces and other public spectacles, frequently sharing ecclesiastical and secular inspiration. A Cultural History of Theatre in the Middle Ages provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of theatre between 500 and 1500, and imaginatively pieces together the puzzle of medieval theatre by foregrounding the study of performance.

Each of the ten chapters of this richly illustrated volume takes a different theme as its focus: institutional frameworks; social functions; sexuality and gender; the environment of theatre; circulation; interpretations; communities of production; repertoire and genres; technologies of performance; and knowledge transmission.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350135314
• Artikelnr.: 57410096

Autorenporträt

Jody Enders is Distinguished Professor of French and Theatre at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Editor's Acknowledgements Introduction: Medieval Theatre Makes History Jody Enders
University of California
Santa Barbara
USA 1. Institutional Frameworks Seeta Chaganti
University of California
Davis
USA
Noah Guynn
University of California
Davis
USA and Erith Jaffe-Berg
University of California at Riverside
USA 2. Social Functions Kathleen Ashley
University of Southern Maine
Portland
USA 3. Sexuality and Gender Sharon Aronson-Lehavi
Tel-Aviv University
Israel 4. The Environment of Theatre Laura Weigert
Rutgers University
USA 5. Circulation: A Peripatetic Theatre Claire Sponsler
University of Iowa
USA 6. Interpretations Glending Olson
Cleveland State University
USA 7. Communities of Production Bruce R. Burningham
Illinois State University
USA 8. Repertoire and Genres Donnalee Dox
Texas A&M University
USA 9. Technologies of Performance Katie Normington
Royal Holloway
University of London
UK 10. Knowledge Transmission: Media and Memory Carol Symes
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
USA Notes Bibliography Index