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Memory And Remembering: Sacred History And The York Plays, Clifford Davidson Apr 2014

Memory And Remembering: Sacred History And The York Plays, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


Deliver Us From Evil: Essays On Symbolic Engagement In Early Drama, Clifford Davidson Dec 2003

Deliver Us From Evil: Essays On Symbolic Engagement In Early Drama, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

The focus of this book is on the reality of evil for medieval and Renaissance dramatists and their audiences. What propels the work beyond similar critiques is the author's insistence that evil is not an outmoded feature of past societies, but an active ingredient of contemporary life. Davidson fast forwards from distant times once described as "calamitous" to a century of far more violence and atrocity - our own twentieth and its overflow. While drawing on Kant to illuminate the kinds of evil portrayed in early drama through Marlowe and Shakespeare, Davidson refers to contemporary events that scream for an …


The Iconography Of Hell, Edam Monograph Series 17, Clifford Davidson, Thomas Seiler Dec 1991

The Iconography Of Hell, Edam Monograph Series 17, Clifford Davidson, Thomas Seiler

Clifford Davidson

Contributions include essay, “The Fate of the Damned” (pp. 41-56.)


Illustrations Of The Stage And Acting In England To 1580, Edam Monograph Series 16, Clifford Davidson Dec 1990

Illustrations Of The Stage And Acting In England To 1580, Edam Monograph Series 16, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

This richly illustrated book surveys representations of the stage and acting from manuscript illuminations, stained glass, sculpture, woodcarving, wall paintings and the woodcuts that appear in playbooks produced by the first English printers.


Visualizing The Moral Life: A Study Of The Iconography Of The Macro Morality Plays, Clifford Davidson Dec 1988

Visualizing The Moral Life: A Study Of The Iconography Of The Macro Morality Plays, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract provided.


Word, Picture, And Spectacle, Edam Monograph Series 5, Clifford Davidson Dec 1983

Word, Picture, And Spectacle, Edam Monograph Series 5, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

The topics covered include the symbolism of scatological illustration in Gothic manuscripts, connections between word and picture in religious art, and the relationship perceived between divine and human creativity.


The Visual Arts And Drama, With Special Emphasis On The Lazarus Plays Of The Middle Ages, Clifford Davidson Dec 1980

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

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


The Concept Of Purpose And Early Drama, Clifford Davidson Dec 1979

The Concept Of Purpose And Early Drama, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


Interdisciplinary Drama Research At Western Michigan University, Clifford Davidson Dec 1979

Interdisciplinary Drama Research At Western Michigan University, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


The Devotional Impulse And Drama At York, Clifford Davidson Mar 1979

The Devotional Impulse And Drama At York, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


On The Uses Of Iconographic Study: The Example Of The Sponsus From St. Martial Of Limoges, Clifford Davidson Dec 1978

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

Clifford Davidson

Rpt. in Drama in the Middle Ages.


York Art: A Subject List Of Extant And Lost Art Including Items Relevant To Early Drama, Clifford Davidson, David O'Connor Dec 1977

York Art: A Subject List Of Extant And Lost Art Including Items Relevant To Early Drama, Clifford Davidson, David O'Connor

Clifford Davidson

No abstract provided.


Drama And Art: An Introduction To The Use Of Evidence From The Visual Arts For The Study Of Early Drama, Clifford Davidson Dec 1976

Drama And Art: An Introduction To The Use Of Evidence From The Visual Arts For The Study Of Early Drama, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

Handbook prepared for Early Drama, Art, and Music Project