Specimens of the Pre-Shakesperean Drama, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint): With an Notes, and a Glossary: With an Notes, and a Glossary (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Manly, John Matthews

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330600703 ISBN 13: 9781330600702

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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This book is the most comprehensive anthology of medieval drama, featuring various forms from liturgical tropes to mystery plays. It is a valuable resource for understanding the evolution of theatre and the influence of religion on the development of Western drama. This book includes notable early texts such as the Quem Quaeritis trope, the Winchester and Regularis Concordia Easter plays, and late morality plays like Mankind and Everyman. The editor's extensive annotations and notes make this volume essential for scholars and students of medieval literature. This collection offers an unparalleled insight into the vibrant and diverse world of medieval drama, illustrating its profound impact on Western culture and the enduring legacy it has left on the performing arts today.

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Excerpt from Specimens of the Pre-Shakesperean Drama, Vol. 1: With an Notes, and a Glossary

Some four years ago it became clear that the two volumes originally announced as the scope of this book would not suffice. In the first place, a good many minute but not insignificant facts regarding the history of almost every period of the drama had come to light, making necessary a somewhat longer historical sketch than was originally planned. In the second place, it seemed not merely desirable, but even imperative, to illustrate certain phases of the early drama which had in collections of a similar character either been neglected or not sharply defined against the apparently monotonous background of mediaeval dramatic art. Thirdly, a somewhat different kind of annotation from that hitherto provided seemed worth attempting, if these. Volumes were to serve as an effective introduction to an art as spacious and as hospitable as the mediaeval Church, and to render intelligible and vital to the student forms of art so differ ent from ours in aim, in spirit, in method, in conventions, and in material accessories. A plan for a three-volume edition was therefore submitted to the general editors of the series and to the publishers, who readily agreed to any change that would make the book more useful and interesting.

At the suggestion and request of some teachers who wish to use the book, the texts have been put together in two volumes, and the whole of the illustrative and explanatory material reserved for the third. It is hoped that this arrangement will make the volumes more convenient for use.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1330600703
• ISBN 13: 9781330600702
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 672
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