The Towneley Cycle: Unity And Diversity - Couverture rigide

Happé, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0708320481 ISBN 13 : 9780708320488

Editeur : University of Wales Press, 2007

Synopsis

"The Towneley Cycle" cannot be overlooked in any study of medieval drama. Undergraduate and graduate courses, which focus on medieval literature, usually include a strand on medieval drama, and the Second Shepherd's Play usually features prominently. This book therefore is likely to be recommended to students on such courses as a secondary text, and will be bought by most good University libraries. This volume provides a detailed overview of and critical introduction to the Towneley cycle of plays, a 32-play cycle written in c.1500, which begins with the fall of Lucifer and ends with the Last Judgement, and was performed as part of the festival of Corpus Christi in Wakefield. Peter Happe examines the cycle's textual and manuscript history, and discusses issues of language and style, the structure of the cycle, and its possible sources and analogues. In the second half of the book, he addresses the historical and religious context of the cycle and evidence of its performance history, and offers an analysis of the work of the Wakefield Master.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Peter Happe was formerly Principal of Barton Peveril Sixth Form College in Hampshire and is currently a Visiting Fellow in the Department of English at Southampton University. He has published many editions of medieval and early modern drama, including Tudor Interludes (Penguin, 1972), English Mystery Plays (Penguin, 1975) and Four Morality Plays (Penguin, 1979). His critical works include John Bale (Twayne, 1996) and English Drama Before Shakespeare (Longman, 1999). He has published over 25 articles on medieval and Jacobean theatre.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Wales Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0708320481
• ISBN 13: 9780708320488
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 226
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible