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The Dramatic Tradition Of The Middle Ages, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

The twenty-five essays in this collection provide unusual insights into early European drama. Written by American, European, and Japanese scholars, the contributions focus on such subjects as recent discoveries of medieval music-dramas and the conditions of their composition and performance pictorial elements in English and Continental vemacular drama, the later history of medieval drama, and secular plays and playing. The articles first appeared in The Early Drama, Art, and Music Review, which was the official journal of the EDAM project at the Medieval institute Western Michigan University and are included here for their unique contribution to drama studies. Altogether, the …

Corpus Christi Plays At York: A Context For Religious Drama, Clifford Davidson

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For roughly two centuries, the streets of the city of York were home to the annual performance of a cycle of mystery plays held in conjunction with the festival of Corpus Christi. Remarkable as the resilience of such an event is, no scholar has yet to survey fully the plays' urban setting, especially with a view to understanding how and why they might have continued to appeal to citizens and spectators. One theory has been that the City of York made the guilds perform the plays. Yet, as Davidson argues, this is not a satisfactory solution, despite the admittedly coercive …

Festivals And Plays In Late Medieval Britain, Clifford Davidson

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The most comprehensive survey to date of medieval festival playing in Britain, this study presents an inclusive view of the drama in the British Isles. It offers detailed readings of individual plays-including the little studied Bodley plays, among others - as well as a summary of what is known of their production. Organized around the rituals of the liturgical seasons, the book clarifies the relationship between liturgical feast and dramatic celebration.

Positional Symbolism And Medieval English Drama, Clifford Davidson

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When Actors Play God, Clifford Davidson

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Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson

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The Contribution Of W. L. Hildburgh, Clifford Davidson

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Toward A Sociology Of Visual Forms In The English Medieval Theater, Clifford Davidson

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The Lost Coventry Drapers’ Play And Its Iconographic Context, Clifford Davidson

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Medieval Puppet Theater At Witney, Oxfordshire, And Pentecost Ceremony At St. Paul’S, London, Clifford Davidson

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Stage Gesture In Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson

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Women And Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson

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Gesture In Medieval Drama With Special Reference To The Doomsday Plays In The Middle English Cycles, Clifford Davidson

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Jest And Earnest: Comedy In The Work Of The Wakefield Master, Clifford Davidson

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Of Woodcut And Play, Clifford Davidson

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The Visual Arts And Drama, With Special Emphasis On The Lazarus Plays Of The Middle Ages, Clifford Davidson

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The Concept Of Purpose And Early Drama, Clifford Davidson

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Interdisciplinary Drama Research At Western Michigan University, Clifford Davidson

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The Devotional Impulse And Drama At York, Clifford Davidson

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On The Uses Of Iconographic Study: The Example Of The Sponsus From St. Martial Of Limoges, Clifford Davidson

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Thomas Sharp And The Stratford Hell Mouth, Clifford Davidson

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Early Drama, Art, And Music: A New Project, Clifford Davidson

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From Tristia To Gaudium: Iconography And The York-Towneley Harrowing Of Hell, Clifford Davidson

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Staging The York Creation, And Fall Of Lucifer, Clifford Davidson, Nona Mason

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Northern Spirituality And The Late Medieval Drama Of York, Clifford Davidson

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The Realism Of The York Realist And The York Passion, Clifford Davidson

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After The Fall: Design In The Old Testament Plays In The York Cycle, Clifford Davidson

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Thomas Aquinas, The Feast Of Corpus Christi, And The English Cycle Plays, Clifford Davidson

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Civic Concern And Iconography In The York Passion, Clifford Davidson

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The End Of The World In Medieval Drama And Art, Clifford Davidson

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