Screen LibraryThe queen's dumbshows : john lydgate and the making of early theater /
The Queen's Dumbshows explores the importance of John Lydgate's mummings and entertainments for literary and theatrical history, rethinking what constitutes "drama" in late medieval England and what role it played in public life.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2014] ©2014 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
The middle ages series
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
The Queen's Dumbshows explores the importance of John Lydgate's mummings and entertainments for literary and theatrical history, rethinking what constitutes "drama" in late medieval England and what role it played in public life. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 7 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812209471 |
| Index Number: | PR2037 |
| CLC: | I561.072 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Theater History as a Challenge to Literary History -- Chapter 1. Shirley s Hand -- Chapter 2. Vernacular Cosmopolitanism: London Mummings and Disguisings -- Chapter 3. Performing Pictures -- Chapter 4. Performance and Gloss: Th e Pro cession of Corpus Christi -- Chapter 5. Inscription and Ceremony: The 1432 Royal Entry -- Chapter 6. Edible Th eater -- Chapter 7. The Queen s Dumbshows -- Chapter 8. On Drama s Trail -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |