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The Realism Of The York Realist And The York Passion, Clifford Davidson Dec 1974

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

Clifford Davidson

Rpt. in Medieval English Drama, ed. Peter Happé (London: Macmillan, 1984), pp. 101-17, and in revised form in From Creation to Doom.


After The Fall: Design In The Old Testament Plays In The York Cycle, Clifford Davidson Dec 1974

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

Clifford Davidson

Revision rpt. in From Creation to Doom.


Thomas Aquinas, The Feast Of Corpus Christi, And The English Cycle Plays, Clifford Davidson Dec 1973

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

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


Civic Concern And Iconography In The York Passion, Clifford Davidson Dec 1973

Civic Concern And Iconography In The York Passion, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

Revision rpt. in From Creation to Doom.


The End Of The World In Medieval Drama And Art, Clifford Davidson Dec 1971

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

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


The Digby Mary Magdalene And The Magdalene Cult Of The Middle Ages, Clifford Davidson Dec 1971

The Digby Mary Magdalene And The Magdalene Cult Of The Middle Ages, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


The Unity Of The Wakefield Mactacio Abel, Clifford Davidson Dec 1966

The Unity Of The Wakefield Mactacio Abel, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

Despite the renewal of interest in the Catholic vernacular drama of medieval England, critics generally have failed to understand the framework upon which the unity of the Wakefield Mactacio Abel (The Killing of Abel) rests. If, as I believe, the central issue in the play is the response of mankind to God's grace against the background of the whole of history, then those who would admire the play solely for its realism or for its farce are not properly responding to the drama. There are many who perhaps do find the theology implicit in medieval drama to be rather …