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001 2015013938
003 DLC
005 20150827113729.0
008 150615s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015013938
020 $a9780230115781 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ae-uk---$ae------
050 00 $aPR643.P68$bS88 2015
082 00 $a822/.051609$223
084 $aLIT011000$aPER011020$aREL006630$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSturges, Robert Stuart,$d1953-
245 14 $aThe circulation of power in medieval Biblical drama :$btheaters of authority /$cRobert S. Sturges.
263 $a1510
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2015.
300 $apages cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aThe new Middle Ages
520 $a"This book investigates various modes of resistance to authority found in medieval Biblical drama. It concerns the ways in which the dissemination of power throughout culture is represented in these plays: the human body, objects, gender, politics, economics, law, and theater itself, as well as religion, are all registers in which such resistance may be enacted"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: Power, History, Drama 2. The Body: Bare Life in the Passion Plays 3. Things: Objects and Agency in the Trial and Crucifixion Plays 4. Gender/Politics: Resistant Motherhood in the Innocents Plays and the Planctus Mariae 5. Economics: Money, Labor, and Ideology in the Wakefield Master's Plays 6. Law: Obligation and Legal Parody in the Cain and Abel Plays 7. Theater: Audience and Authority.
650 0 $aPower (Social sciences) in literature.
650 0 $aChristian drama, English (Middle)$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aEnglish drama$yTo 1500$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aReligious drama$zEurope$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aDrama, Medieval$zEurope$xHistory and criticism.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aRELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture.$2bisacsh