An edition of The circulation of power in medieval Biblical drama
(2015)
The circulation of power in medieval Biblical drama
theaters of authority
by Robert Stuart Sturges
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"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"--
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Christian drama, English (Middle), Power (Social sciences) in literature, English drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, History and criticism, Medieval Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Religious drama, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture, English drama, history and criticism, to 1500, Religious drama, history and criticism, Drama, medieval, history and criticismPlaces
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The circulation of power in medieval Biblical drama: theaters of authority
2015, Palgrave Macmillan
in English
0230115780 9780230115781
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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