Death by Drama and Other Medieval Urban Legends

AvJody Enders

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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Was a convicted criminal executed on stage during a beheading scene? Was an unfortunate actor driven insane while playing a madman? Did a theatrical enactment of a crucifixion result in a real one? Did an androgynous young man seduce a priest when portraying a female saint? Death by Drama answers these and other questions while presenting a treasure trove of tales that have long seemed true but are actually medieval urban legends. On topics ranging from politics, religion, and learning to marriage, class, and law, these tales, Jody Enders argues, do the cultural work of all urban legends: they disclose the hopes, fears, and anxieties of their tellers. Each one represents a medieval meditation created or dramatized by the theater with its power to blur the line between fiction and reality, engaging anyone who watches, performs, or is represented by it.

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Utgivningsdatum:2002-10-01
Mått:16 x 23 x 3 mm
Vikt:624 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
Antal sidor:354
Upplaga:2
Förlag:The University of Chicago Press
ISBN:9780226207872

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Medeltiden inom Historia och arkeologi

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Jody Enders is professor of French and dramatic art at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Rhetoric and the Origins of Medieval Drama and The Medieval Theater of Cruelty: Rhetoric, Memory, Violence.

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"It is rare to catch oneself describing a scholarly monograph as a page-turner, rarer still to be able to report that one laughed out loud while reading it, but I did both with Death by Drama." - Richard Green, Medieval Review; "Jody Enders has written that rare book that is both deeply learned and intellectually entertaining. By asking astute questions of several relatively obscure texts, she gets to the heart of what makes late medieval drama so captivating. I can't remember the last time I've learned so much while having so much fun!" - Richard K. Emmerson, executive director of the Medieval Academy of America and editor of Speculum"