The Circulation of Power in Medieval Biblical Drama

Theaters of Authority

Robert S. Sturges (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

230 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-11578-1 (ISBN)

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A literary reading informed by the recent temporal turn in Queer Theory, this book analyzes medieval Biblical drama for themes representing modes of power such as the body, politics, and law. Revitalizing the discussions on medieval drama, Sturges asserts that these dramas were often intended not to teach morality but to resist Christian authority.

Robert S. Sturges is Professor of English at Arizona State University, USA.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.10.2015
Reihe/Serie	The New Middle Ages
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 230 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-230-11578-0 / 0230115780
ISBN-13	978-0-230-11578-1 / 9780230115781
Zustand	Neuware